Car Hire Grand Rapids Airport

Grand Rapid Airport Mini Guide

Grand Rapids has a population of 197,800 and is based around 30 miles from Lake Michigan. Take your Grand Rapids Airport rental car and relax with some retail therapy downtown. There are Herposheimer's, Steketee's, Jacobson's and Wurzburg's shopping centers. Awash with culture, Grand Rapids has The Van Andel Museum Center. It houses Alexander Calder's sculpture called La Grande Vitesse. There is a 40 year old festival which is nearby and situated in Vandenberg Plaza. There are ethnic cuisine and art performances on display.



From late September to 10 October 2009 Grand Rapids will be home to ArtPrize and is the legwork of Rick Devos. Over $450,000 will be handed out in prize money and four miles of the city center will be transformed into an art gallery. Grand Rapids Airport is more commonly known as Gerald R. Ford Airport. Serving 19 destinations from 8 passenger airlines, there are 120 scheduled flights. The daily count of passengers is around 5,500. Having three runways, the largest 10,000 foot long and the shortest being 5,000 foot. Examples of the airlines are Delta, Allegiant and American Eagle. The destinations are Denver, Cincinnati and Houston. There are 4,750 car parking spaces which was 446,000 in 2008.