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Notable Aircraft at GFK Right Now

Widebodies, super-heavies, military traffic, and emergency squawks in the GFK pattern right now. If there's anything worth noticing, it surfaces here first.

GFK Departures & Arrivals

Scheduled flights for today at Grand Forks International Airport with gate, terminal, and current status. Separate from the live radar above, which shows every aircraft in the sky whether or not it's on a public schedule.

Status Airline Flight Destination Sched Updated Gate
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Top Airlines at GFK Right Now

4 aircraft tracked

University Of North Dakota
3
Westjet Airlines
1
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Aircraft Types in the Pattern

PIPER PA-28-140/150/160/180 and PIPER PA-23-250 Aztec are tied at the top of the GFK pattern with 1 aircraft each. The mix is a fingerprint of the operation. Narrowbody-heavy points to domestic trunk service; widebodies signal long-haul arrivals and departures.

1
P28A
PIPER PA-28-140/150/160/180
1
PA27
PIPER PA-23-250 Aztec
1
PA44
PIPER PA-44 Seminole
1
B738
BOEING 737-800

About Grand Forks International Airport

GFK's busiest nonstop destination is MSP, at 26 flights a week. 11 scheduled destinations overall, served by 9 airlines. Based in Grand Forks.

Elevation
845ft
Routes
11
Airlines
9
Busiest Route
GFK → MSP
26x/week
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All Tracked Flights

Every aircraft currently inside the GFK radar. Sort by any column. Click a row to open its tracker page with route arc, altitude profile, and live telemetry.

Callsign Route Type Dir Alt Speed Dist Squawk
NDU80T PA44 3,050 126kt 1nm 5343
NDU52 P28A 4,575 109kt 9nm 5152
N25FT PA27 4,700 123kt 16nm 0154
WSWS 633 B738 36,000 416kt 21nm 0533

Frequently Asked Questions

Aircraft positions refresh every 5 seconds. ADS-B is GPS-accurate, so what you see is within about 30 meters of the aircraft's real position.

Altitude. Red on the ground, through green, teal, and blue for mid-altitudes, into violet above 40,000 feet. At a glance you can tell who just took off, who is climbing through the pattern, and who is cruising overhead.

They are inside the GFK radar radius but not landing or departing here. Passing through en route to another airport. We flag them so the numbers for GFK traffic actually reflect GFK traffic.

Click any aircraft on the map. You get its track line across the region and an altitude profile showing the climb, cruise, and descent.

A pulsing red circle indicates an emergency squawk: 7500 (hijack), 7600 (comm failure), or 7700 (general emergency). These are legally-required codes pilots set when something is wrong.

The radar shows live aircraft positions. Gate, terminal, and schedule status sit in the Board section above this one.

GPS-accurate via ADS-B, typically within 30 meters horizontally. Aircraft refresh every 5 to 10 seconds. When a signal drops (mountain terrain, certain oceanic corridors), the marker holds the last-known position instead of disappearing.