# Grand Rapids Itasca Co-Gordon Newstrom field (GPZ / KGPZ)

**Grand Rapids Itasca Co-Gordon Newstrom field** (IATA: GPZ, ICAO: KGPZ) is a small airport in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,756 ft (1,754 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GPZ / KGPZ
- FAA: GPZ
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Grand Rapids, Minnesota, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 1,356 ft / 413 m
- Coordinates: 47.2111, -93.5098
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 5,756 ft / 1,754 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://grandrapids.govoffice.com/vertical/Sites/%7B938C328A-AD1C-45AA-A862-764C60A37DEF%7D/uploads/%7B7E8C4920-D1DC-4696-9A43-FF
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Rapids%E2%80%93Itasca_County_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3914354
- Weather station: KGPZ
- Ident: KGPZ

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Grand Rapids Itasca Co-Gordon Newstrom field opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 5,756 ft / 1,754 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 166° / 346° | yes |
| 05/23 | 3,000 ft / 914 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Asphalt | 047° / 227° | yes |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [MSP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmsp.md) Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field · United States · 162 mi / 260 km · Bemidji Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- CH [Bemidji Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/bemidji-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,756 ft / 1,754 m | #5,067 of 29,858 | #1,511 in North America | #1,187 in US |
| Elevation | 1,356 ft / 413 m | #13,253 of 43,403 | #5,720 in North America | #4,396 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 111.400 |
| CNTR | MINNEAPOLIS CNTR | 127.900 |
| RDO | PRINCETON RDO | 122.050 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

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## Sources

- [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 Rapids–Itasca County Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grand_Rapids–Itasca_County_Airport&oldid=1365516245), revision of 22 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/kgpz/data