Live flights over Grand Forks International Airport (GFK)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 84 departures and 24 arrivals at Grand Forks International Airport, 54 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Minneapolis (MSP), Bismarck (BIS) and Thief River Falls (TVF). The airline seen most often is University of North Dakota.
Airport data
- IATA code
- GFK
- ICAO code
- KGFK
- City
- Grand Forks
- Region
- North Dakota
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 258 m (845 ft)
- Coordinates
- 47.9493, -97.1761
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Grand Forks International Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Grand Forks.
Seen by the network
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 37 | 19 | 56 |
| Sat 24 | 47 | 5 | 52 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Minneapolis MSP 14 flights
- Bismarck BIS 2 flights
- Thief River Falls TVF 1 flights
Airlines
- University of North DakotaNDU 83
- SkyWest AirlinesSKW 12
Aircraft
- Piper PA-28 Cherokee P28A 71
- PA44 15
- CRJ7 12
- BE20 4
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of Grand Forks International Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/47.9493/lon/-97.1761/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Grand Forks right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Grand Forks International Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Grand Forks: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of GFK, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Grand Forks International Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were University of North Dakota and SkyWest Airlines.
What are the main connections from Grand Forks International Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Minneapolis (MSP, 14), Bismarck (BIS, 2) and Thief River Falls (TVF, 1). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Grand Forks? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for Grand Forks International Airport? +
Grand Forks International Airport has IATA code GFK and ICAO code KGFK. It lies in North Dakota, United States, at coordinates 47.9493, -97.1761.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
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