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Grand Rapids Itasca Co-Gordon Newstrom field

47.21110°N
-93.50980°W
ARR / DAY
5
▲ 966.7%
DEP / DAY
4
▲ 170.0%

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 5 arrivals and 4 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

8m ago
Temp
68°F
Wind
3 kts
60°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
SPECI KGPZ 070545Z AUTO 06003KT 10SM VCTS FEW020 SCT080 BKN110 20/18 A3014 RMK AO2 TSB39RAE39 P0000

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

34
45% of ops
36 land · 5 TO
28
41% of ops
33 land · 0 TO
23
6% of ops
5 land · 0 TO
16
5% of ops
4 land · 48 TO
05
1% of ops
1 land · 3 TO
10
1% of ops
1 land · 18 TO
Runway 34 carries 45% of operations (36 landings, 5 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 28 at 41%.

Approach quality

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

34 36 landings
UA 0%
28 33 landings
UA 0%
23 5 landings
UA 0%
16 4 landings
UA 0%
05 1 landings
UA 0%
10 1 landings
UA 100%
Approaches to 34 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 36 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
4.1
flights/day · 123 total
Busy hour (local)
12am
also 1pm · 9pm
Day vs night
49%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–9pm local, averaging 4.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.6× weekday (5.8 vs 3.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

42 · 36%
16 · 14%
8 · 7%
8 · 7%
8 · 7%
4 · 3%
Activity is led by (36% of 117 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

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
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