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Grand Rapids Itasca Co-Gordon Newstrom field

47.21110°N
-93.50980°W
ARR / DAY
0
89.5%
DEP / DAY
0
83.3%

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 5,756 feet.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

40m ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KGPZ 261656Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW013 27/23 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP102 T02720233 $

Runway intelligence

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

28
51% of ops
54 land · 3 TO
34
34% of ops
36 land · 0 TO
23
8% of ops
8 land · 0 TO
05
7% of ops
7 land · 6 TO
16
0% of ops
0 land · 28 TO
10
0% of ops
0 land · 23 TO
Runway 28 carries 51% of operations (54 landings, 3 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 34 at 34%.

Approach quality

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

28 54 landings
UA 0%
34 36 landings
UA 0%
23 8 landings
UA 0%
05 7 landings
UA 0%
16 0 landings
UA 0%
10 0 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 28 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 54 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
2.1
flights/day · 64 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 11pm · 12am
Day vs night
53%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–1pm local, averaging 2.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (2.4 vs 2.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (25% of 63 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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