Charlevoix Municipal Airport is a public airport

Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

 located one mile (2 km) southwest of the central business district

Central business district

A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In North America this part of a city is commonly referred to as "downtown" or "city center"...

 of Charlevoix

Charlevoix, Michigan

Charlevoix is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 2,994. It is the county seat of Charlevoix County....

, a city in Charlevoix County

Charlevoix County, Michigan

-Airports:*Beaver Island is served by two airlines:**Welke Airport**Beaver Island Airport-Ferry service:*Beaver Island Boat Company maintains a regular auto ferry from Charlevoix:*The Ironton Ferry at Ironton, Michigan crosses the south arm of Lake Charlevoix...

, Michigan

Michigan

Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

, United States

United States

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. It is owned by the City of Charlevoix and served by one airline.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier

Location identifier

A location identifier is a symbolic representation for the name and the location of an airport, navigation aid, or weather station, and is used for manned air traffic control facilities in air traffic control, telecommunications, computer programming, weather reports, and related services.-ICAO...

 for the FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

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 and IATA

International Air Transport Association

The International Air Transport Association is an international industry trade group of airlines headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where the International Civil Aviation Organization is also headquartered. The executive offices are at the Geneva Airport in SwitzerlandIATA's mission is to...

, Charlevoix Municipal Airport is assigned CVX by the FAA

Facilities and aircraft

Charlevoix Municipal Airport covers an area of 185 acres (74.9 ha) which contains two runway

Runway

According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

s: 9/27 has an asphalt

Asphalt

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 pavement measuring 4,550 x 75 ft (1,387 x 23 m) and 4/22 has a turf

Grass

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 surface that measures 1,280 x 200 ft (390 x 61 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 33,000 aircraft operations, an average of 90 per day: 67% general aviation

General aviation

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 and 33% air taxi

Air taxi

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External links

page at Michigan Airport Directory

• Charlevoix Municipal Airport info from Island Airways