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Gerald R. Ford International airport in Grand Rapids (United State)
Gerald R. Ford International airport is located near Grand Rapids, with Cascade at 3mi↑, Forest Hills at 6mi↑, East Grand Rapids at 6mi↑, Kentwood at 6mi↑, Caledonia at 6mi↑, Cutlerville at 8mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in United State and Southernmost airports in United State
→ See also airports in United State
aerial view of Gerald R. Ford International airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : KGRR
- IATA code : GRR
- Local code : -
Elevation : 242 m = 794ft
→ See also Highest airports in USA and Lowest airports in United State
Runways
- runway 08R/26L : 3048m = 10000ft
- runway 17/35 : 2591m = 8501ft
- runway 08L/26R : 1524m = 5000ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in United State
Coming to Gerald R. Ford International airport
Hotels : book on Hotels.com Booking Expedia
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
Rent a car : book on Rentalcars
By train : book on Trip.com
- Grand Rapids, MI train station at 9mi
- Holland, MI train station at 30mi
- Kalamazoo, MI train station at 41mi
By plane :
- Gerald R. Ford International airport at 0mi : book on Iberia
- Park Township airport at 33mi : book on Trip.com
- Muskegon County airport at 41mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Gerald R. Ford International airport KGRR GRR
METAR for Gerald R. Ford International airport KGRR GRR
KGRR 122153Z 26016G26KT 10SM BKN040 BKN120 28/18 A2987 RMK AO2 PK WND 24026/2149 SLP111 T02780178 $
Decoded METAR for Gerald R. Ford International airport KGRR GRR
METAR issued by KGRR on Saturday, July 12, 2025 at 21:53 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 1 days and 26 hours and -1417 minutes ago.
visibility is 16km = 10sm.
The temperature is 28°C = 82°F, dew point is 18°C = 64°F. The air is humid : relative air humidity is 55 %.
QNH is 1012hPa = 29.87inHg
Wind 30km/h = 16kt with gusts at 48km/h = 26kt, direction is 260°.
Clouds : broken at 4000ft = 1220m. broken at 12000ft = 3660m.
Remarks : automatic station with precipitation sensor peak wind 24026/2149 Sea Level Pressure SLP=111 T02780178 $
TAF for Gerald R. Ford International airport KGRR GRR
KGRR 121730Z 1218/1318 24012KT P6SM SCT025 BKN120 BKN250 FM122300 25011KT P6SM BKN090 FM130200 26005KT P6SM OVC250
Decoded TAF for Gerald R. Ford International airport KGRR GRR
TAF issued by KGRR on Saturday, July 12, 2025 at 17:30 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 1 days and 6 hours and 46 minutes. weather forecast for 24 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Saturday, July 12, 2025 à 18:00 heure TU to Saturday, July 12, 2025 à 23:00 heure UTC
1218/1318 24012KT P6SM SCT025 BKN120 BKN250
wind 12kt = 22km/h, direction is 240°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
scattered clouds at 2500ft = 760m broken at 12000ft = 3660m broken at 25000ft = 7620m
from Saturday, July 12, 2025 à 23:00 heure TU to Saturday, July 12, 2025 à 02:00 heure UTC
FM122300 25011KT P6SM BKN090
wind 11kt = 20km/h, direction is 250°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
broken at 9000ft = 2740m
from Saturday, July 12, 2025 à 02:00 heure TU to Sunday, July 13, 2025 à 18:00 heure UTC
FM130200 26005KT P6SM OVC250
wind 5kt = 9km/h, direction is 260°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
overcast at 25000ft = 7620m
NOTAM for Gerald R. Ford International airport
Around Gerald R. Ford International airport in Grand Rapids (United State)
near
- Hotels in Cascade
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 574mi↑
- MoMA (New York) at 612mi↑
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Bilbao) at 3983mi↑
- Le Matissia (Paris) at 4005mi↑
- Paris at 4005mi↑
- Hotel Monge (Paris) at 4006mi↑
- Hotel NH Collection San Sebastián Aránzazu (San Sebastián) at 4021mi↑
- Sercotel Codina (San Sebastian) at 4021mi↑
- Aquarium de Donostia-San Sebastián (San Sebastian) at 4021mi↑
- Hotel de Londres y de Inglaterra (San Sebastian) at 4022mi↑
- San Sebastian at 4022mi↑
- Eureka! Zientzia Museoa (San Sebastiàn) at 4023mi↑
- for Gerald R. Ford International airport at 0mi↑
- for B & G airport at 2mi↑
- for East-West Paris airport at 3mi↑
nearest airports to Gerald R. Ford International airport in Grand Rapids (United State)
- B & G heliport ( 8MI1) at 2mi↑defunct airport
- East-West Paris airport ( 14MI) at 3mi↑defunct airport
- Fox Hollow heliport ( 80MI) at 4mi↑
- Somerville airport ( 2MI5) at 5mi↑
- Spectrum Health Blodgett heliport ( 2MI1) at 7mi↑
- Van Strien airport ( 26MI) at 8mi↑
- Saint Mary's Hospital heliport ( MI63) at 9mi↑
- McHelipad heliport ( 91MI) at 9mi↑
- Spectrum Health Butterworth heliport ( MI97) at 9mi↑
- Amway Downtown heliport ( 9MI3) at 10mi↑
→ See also Former airports in United State
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap