Grand Prairie Municipal Airport

Grand Prairie Municipal Airport
IATA: none ICAO: KGPM FAA LID: GPM
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Grand Prairie
Serves	Grand Prairie, Texas
Elevation AMSL	588 ft / 179 m
Website	www.GrandPrairieAirport.org
Map
GPM Show map of Texas GPM Show map of the US Location of airport in Texas / United States
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 and FAA

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

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 largely in Dallas County, Texas, United States.

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.

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. Airbus Helicopters Inc has its headquarters on the west side of the airport.