Gerald R. Ford International Airport
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Gerald R. Ford International Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Kent County | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Kent County Department of Aeronautics | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Grand Rapids, Michigan | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Cascade Charter Township, MI, USA | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 794 ft / 242 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°52′51″N 85°31′22″W / 42.88083°N 85.52278°WCoordinates: 42°52′51″N 85°31′22″W / 42.88083°N 85.52278°W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www |
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| Total passengers | 2,653,630  3.5% |
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| Aircraft movements | 76,256 1.5% |
Gerald R. Ford International Airport (IATA: GRR, ICAO: KGRR, FAA LID: GRR) is a commercial airport in Cascade Township about 13 mi (21 km) southeast of Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a small hub primary commercial service facility.
Originally called Kent County Airport and later Kent County International Airport; in December 1999 the airport was renamed for former president Gerald R. Ford, the 40th Vice President and the 38th President of the United States.
The airport is the largest commercial airport in the West Michigan region and is the second largest airport in Michigan after Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. The airport has flights to 23 domestic cities. In 2015 the airport broke its record for passengers, with 2,550,193 total.
Grand Rapids' first airport broke ground in November 1919, four miles (6.4 km) south of downtown. This was eight years after the area witnessed its first airplane landing which was a Wright biplane at Comstock Park State Fairgrounds on September 10, 1911. The airport was operated by the Kent County Board of Supervisors.
The first scheduled air service in the United States was between Grand Rapids and Detroit (actually Dearborn's Ford Airport) on a Ford-Stout monoplane named Miss Grand Rapids, which started July 26, 1926.
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