AirportsGrand Forks International Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Grand Forks, in North Dakota, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is GFK.
Key facts
- IATA code
- GFK
- ICAO code
- KGFK
- City
- Grand Forks
- State or region
- North Dakota
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 47.9493° N, 97.1761° W
- Elevation
- 258 m (845 ft)
- Runways
- 4
- Longest runway
- 2,241 m (7,351 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, GFK means Grand Forks International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KGFK. ICAO codes that begin with K belong to the mainland United States. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 47.9493° N, 97.1761° W. It stands 258 metres (845 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Fargo, about 123 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Chicago, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Grand Forks International Airport has 4 runways in the data. The longest is 2,241 metres (7,351 feet). That suits narrow-body jets and regional aircraft. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 302.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17R/35L | 2,241 m 7,351 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 09L/27R | 2,042 m 6,701 ft | 30 m | Concrete | not listed |
| 17L/35R | 1,189 m 3,901 ft | 23 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 09R/27L | 1,006 m 3,300 ft | 18 m | Concrete | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Thief River Falls Regional AirportThief River Falls | TVF | 75 km |
| Hector International AirportFargo | FAR | 118 km |
| Devils Lake Regional AirportDevils Lake | DVL | 130 km |
| Jamestown Regional AirportJamestown | JMS | 160 km |
| Winnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International AirportWinnipeg, Canada | YWG | 218 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 11,489 km | 14 h 20 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,495 km | 15 h 35 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,426 km | 14 h 15 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,433 km | 8 h 15 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 2,021 km | 2 h 55 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 2,353 km | 3 h 20 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 14,163 km | 17 h 35 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,147 km | 11 h 30 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 14,265 km | 17 h 40 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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