# Grand Forks International Airport (GFK / KGFK)

**Grand Forks International Airport** (IATA: GFK, ICAO: KGFK) is a medium airport in Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States. It opened in 1928. It has 4 runways; the longest is 7,351 ft (2,241 m). In 2025 it handled 187 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgfk

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GFK / KGFK
- FAA: GFK
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States
- Opened: 1928
- Elevation: 845 ft / 258 m
- Coordinates: 47.9493, -97.1761
- Runways: 4
- Helipads: 12
- Longest runway: 7,351 ft / 2,241 m
- Instrument procedures: 10 approaches
- Passengers: 187,481 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.GFKairport.com
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Forks_International_Airport (17 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2062820
- Weather station: KGFK · WMO 72757
- Ident: KGFK

## Timeline

- 1928: Grand Forks International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17R/35L | 7,351 ft / 2,241 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 180° / 360° | yes |
| 09L/27R | 6,701 ft / 2,043 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Concrete | 090° / 270° | yes |
| 17L/35R | 3,901 ft / 1,189 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Concrete | 180° / 360° | yes |
| 09R/27L | 3,300 ft / 1,006 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Concrete | 090° / 270° | yes |

- Also 12 helipads.
- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/05187AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 292,102 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 291,056 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 265,461 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 236,000 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 230,066 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 236,852 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 93,164 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 139,468 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 178,063 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 187,151 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 184,895 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 187,481 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Seasonal (3)

- [LAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klas.md) Harry Reid International Airport · United States · 1,229 mi / 1,978 km · Allegiant Air
- [AZA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiwa.md) Mesa Gateway Airport · United States · 1,260 mi / 2,028 km · Allegiant Air
- [SFB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksfb.md) Orlando Sanford International Airport · United States · 1,575 mi / 2,534 km · Allegiant Air

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from GFK, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- G4 [Allegiant Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/allegiant-air) · 3 · seasonal

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 187K (2025) | #1,564 of 3,974 | #344 in North America | #229 in US |
| Longest runway | 7,351 ft / 2,241 m | =3,204 of 29,858 | =707 in North America | =529 in US |
| Elevation | 845 ft / 258 m | =20,529 of 43,403 | =9,497 in North America | =7,761 in US |
| Age | Opened 1928 | =323 of 15,079 | =58 in North America | =57 in US |
| Runways | 4 | =41 of 29,978 | =20 in North America | =19 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | APP/DEP | 118.100 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 119.400 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 118.400 |
| GND | GND | 124.575 |
| RDO | RDO | 122.200 |
| TWR | Grand Forks Tower | 118.400 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [RDR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krdr.md) Grand Forks Air Force Base · 10 mi / 17 km
- [TVF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktvf.md) Thief River Falls Regional Airport · 47 mi / 75 km
- [FAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfar.md) Hector International Airport · 73 mi / 118 km
- [DVL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdvl.md) Devils Lake Regional Airport · 81 mi / 130 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Grand Forks International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grand_Forks_International_Airport&oldid=1365147906), revision of 20 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgfk/data