Grand Prairie Municipal Airport 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.Facilities and aircraftGrand Prairie Municipal Airport covers an area of 162acre 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.
