Aircraft Viewing Area - While at the viewing park, tune your radio to 1650 AM to listen to air traffic controllers, pilots, and GFIA airfield operations staff, as they coordinate the safe passage of aircraft into and out of GFIA. The airport viewing park is open daily from 7
:30am-8:00pm. While the viewing park is patrolled by Airport Police, patrons are encouraged to report any suspicious activity to the Airport Communications Center at 616-233-6055. This newly renovated space provides a pavilion with permanent restroom facilities and filtered drinking fountains, an abundance of picnic tables and seating availability, and more than 100 parking spaces that face the airfield for a prime viewing experience. There are also four lars for bus parking ger spa
Aircraft Viewing Area
groups to come and enjoy the space. Please Note: This is a public park that is available for all to enjoy on a first-come, first-served basis and the space, pavilion, and tables cannot be reserved. Please be mindful of the
rules (posted as you enter the park) that include no alcohol, no grills, and no open fires. The viewing park, situated on Kraft Avenue north of 52nd Street, is the ideal place to watch aircraft take off and land at Gerald R. Ford International Airport. It is especially popular during the summer months when dozens of "bird-watchers" flock there
daily to watch the planes come and go. The airport viewing park provides unmatched entertainment for aviation buffs and families.
