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Gerald R. Ford Airport Viewing Park, Grand Rapids

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The GFIA Viewing Area is located on the south side of the airfield and provides a great view of aircraft using both long runways as well as the air carrier ramp. While there, tune your radio to 1650 AM to listen as the Air Traffic Controllers communicate with pilots and ground crews.

The viewing area is open from dawn until dusk and is accessed by taking Kraft Avenue north from 52nd Street.
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  • We are visiting from Pensacola, Florida and decided to stop and visit this airport viewing center. We took our one year old grandson who loves airplanes. We stayed for about 45 minutes and the... 
    We are visiting from Pensacola, Florida and decided to stop and visit this airport viewing center. We took our one year old grandson who loves airplanes. We stayed for about 45 minutes and the...  more »
  • We love visiting the airport viewing park. We call it our "airport lunches." My kids enjoy watching the planes takeoff and land. We are able to determine where the planes are going by watching the... 
    We love visiting the airport viewing park. We call it our "airport lunches." My kids enjoy watching the planes takeoff and land. We are able to determine where the planes are going by watching the...  more »
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  • I just like sitting at the airport viewing area. I have never been inside. Never been on a single plane for that matter, ever! But the airport viewing area is large, lovely, has a bathroom, and picnic tables. Keep in mine no matter how windy it is in town it will be WAY windier there. Brr!
  • Dogs, you HAVE to go here! I had to be on the leash but there was TONS of green grass with nothing to poke my paws. I didn't find any of those things that humans throw down after making smoke. I got to go on a Sunday and there were hardly any humans there, I got to explore without humans wanting to touch me. My mom got tired so we sat down at one of the tables in the shade, the ground there was hard but it helped me cool down. I saw a few dogs but there's SO much grass there I got to be by myself. My parents like looking at the sky and they liked the big noises. It was kinda scary but they didn't last long. There was lots of space for me in the room when mom had to pee. This place is WAY better than my park. You gotta go here!

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