Grand Prairie Municipal Airport
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Grand Prairie Municipal Airport | |||
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IATA: none – ICAO: KGPM – FAA: GPM | |||
Summary | |||
Airport type | Public | ||
Owner | City of Grand Prairie | ||
Serves | Grand Prairie, Texas | ||
Elevation AMSL | 588 ft / 179 m | ||
Website | |||
Runways | |||
Direction | Length | Surface | |
ft | m | ||
17/35 | 4,001 | 1,220 | Concrete |
Statistics (2007) | |||
Aircraft operations | 98,001 | ||
Based aircraft | 287 | ||
Sources: airport web site[1] and FAA[2] |
Grand Prairie Municipal Airport (ICAO: KGPM, FAA LID: GPM) is a city-owned public-use airport located four miles (6 km) southwest of the central business district of Grand Prairie, a city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States.[2]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Grand Prairie Municipal Airport is assigned GPM by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[3]
[edit] Facilities and aircraft
Grand Prairie Municipal Airport covers an area of 162 acres (66 ha) which contains one runway designated 17/35 with a 4,001 x 75 ft. (1,220 x 23 m) concrete surface. For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2007, the airport had 98,001 aircraft operations, an average of 268 per day: 99.8% general aviation and 0.2% military. There are 287 aircraft based at this airport: 82% single-engine, 6% multi-engine and 12% helicopter.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Grand Prairie Municipal Airport, official web site
- ^ a b c FAA Airport Master Record for GPM (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-12-20
- ^ KGPM - Grand Prairie Municipal Airport - Grand Prairie, Texas at Great Circle Mapper
[edit] External links
- FAA Airport Diagram(PDF), effective 5 June 2008
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KGPM
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KGPM