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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Grand Prairie Municipal Airport

32°41′56″N 097°02′49″W / 32.69889°N 97.04694°W / 32.69889; -97.04694

Grand Prairie Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Grand Prairie
OperatorMark Divita
ServesGrand Prairie, Texas
Location3116 S Great Southwest Parkway Grand Prairie, TX 75052
Elevation AMSL588 ft / 179 m
WebsiteGrandPrairieAirport
Map
GPM is located in Texas
GPM
GPM
GPM is located in the United States
GPM
GPM
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 4,001 1,220 Concrete
Helipads
Number Length Surface
ft m
H1 50 15 Concrete
Statistics (2022)
Aircraft operations101,991
Based aircraft286
Sources: airport web site and FAA

Grand Prairie Municipal Airport (ICAO: KGPM, FAA LID: GPM) is five miles southwest of Grand Prairie, a city largely in Dallas County, Texas.

Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Grand Prairie Municipal Airport is GPM to the FAA and has no IATA code.

Facilities

The airport covers 162 acres (66 ha); its single runway, 17/35, is 4,001 x 75 ft (1,220 x 23 m) long. There is also one helipad, H1, 50ftX50ft (15mx15m). In the year ending December 31, 2022, the airport had 101,991 aircraft operations, average 279 per day: 99% general aviation, 1% military, and <1% air taxi. 286 aircraft were based at the airport: 272 single-engine, 12 multi-engine, 1 jet, and 1 helicopter. Airbus Helicopters Inc has its headquarters on the west side of the airport.

See also

References

  1. ^ Grand Prairie Municipal Airport, official web site
  2. ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for GPM PDF, effective 2023-08-10
  3. ^ KGPM - Grand Prairie Municipal Airport - Grand Prairie, Texas at Great Circle Mapper
  4. ^ "Airbus Helicopters Inc website". Retrieved 31 October 2014.