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Grand Rapids Itasca Co-Gordon Newstrom field

47.21110°N
-93.50980°W
ARR / DAY
1
▼ 20.0%
DEP / DAY
1
▼ 50.0%

Grand Rapids Itasca Co-Gordon Newstrom field (KGPZ/GPZ) is a small general aviation airport located in Grand Rapids, MN, 155 mi north of Minneapolis. It features 3 runways with the longest being 5,755 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

33m ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
3 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KGPZ 131956Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 26/11 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP172 T02610111 $

Runways

3 installed

5,755 FT MAX
05/23
3,000 ft × 60
ASPH-F● LITMED
10/28
1,450 ft × 150
GRS○ unlit
16/34
5,755 ft × 100
ASP● LITHIGH

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

28
54% of ops
50 land · 0 TO
34
38% of ops
35 land · 0 TO
23
9% of ops
8 land · 1 TO
16
0% of ops
0 land · 36 TO
05
0% of ops
0 land · 14 TO
10
0% of ops
0 land · 27 TO
Runway 28 carries 54% of operations (50 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 34 at 38%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

28 50 landings
UA 0%
34 35 landings
UA 0%
23 8 landings
UA 0%
16 0 landings
UA 0%
05 0 landings
UA 0%
10 0 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 28 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 50 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
2.9
flights/day · 87 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 1am · 9pm
Day vs night
52%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–9pm local, averaging 2.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (2.9 vs 3.0 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

28 · 35%
10 · 12%
9 · 11%
5 · 6%
5 · 6%
3 · 4%
Activity is led by (35% of 81 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
AWOS 118.425 —
OTHER 122.400 —
GRAND RA 122.400 —
OTHER 127.900 —
DULUTH R 127.900 —
OTHER 281.450 —
DULUTH R 281.450 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
2° E
Fuel:
100LL
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