Davis Airport was a general aviation airport

Airport

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 located 0.5 mile (0.80467 km) north of East Lansing, Michigan

East Lansing, Michigan

East Lansing is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The city is located directly east of Lansing, Michigan, the state's capital. Most of the city is within Ingham County, though a small portion lies in Clinton County. The population was 48,579 at the time of the 2010 census, an increase from...

, in DeWitt Township, Michigan

Michigan

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, United States

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.

Facilities

Davis Airport was situated at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 845 feet (257.6 m) above mean sea level northwest of the intersection of Coleman Road and Chandler Road in southeast Clinton County

Clinton County, Michigan

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 64,753 people, 23,653 households, and 17,976 families residing in the county. The population density was 113 people per square mile . There were 24,630 housing units at an average density of 43 per square mile...

. The airport had five hangar

Hangar

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s at the east end of the airfield.

Runways

Davis Airport had three runway

Runway

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s.

• Runway 9/27: 2550 feet (777.2 m), Surface: Turf
• Runway 16/34: 2460 feet (749.8 m), Surface: Turf
• Runway 4/22: 2025 feet (617.2 m), Surface: Turf

History

Davis Airport is named after Lieutenant Arthur J. Davis, a Lansing aviator

Aviator

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 during the 1920s and 1930s, who operated Michigan Airways, Inc. from a field in East Lansing and at Capital City Airport.

After World War II

World War II

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 Davis opened the airport then-located 2.5 miles (4 km) north of East Lansing, at the location of Chandler's marsh. One of the earliest records of the airport is from the November 1954 Milwaukee Sectional Chart

Sectional Chart

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 which then depicted Davis Airport as having a 2100 feet (640.1 m) unpaved runway.

In January 1992, three man faced five felony

Felony

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 charges for larceny

Larceny

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, malicious destruction

Vandalism

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, and breaking into airplanes and a van at the airport. On August 6, 1992, a small plane skidded past a runway, hit an embankment, and flipped over Chandler Road, landing upside down in a ditch.

The airport closed on May 5, 2000, and was developed into apartment buildings.

See also

• List of airports in Michigan
• Clinton County, Michigan
  Clinton County, Michigan
  -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 64,753 people, 23,653 households, and 17,976 families residing in the county. The population density was 113 people per square mile . There were 24,630 housing units at an average density of 43 per square mile...
  
  
• DeWitt Township, Michigan
• East Lansing, Michigan
  East Lansing, Michigan
  East Lansing is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The city is located directly east of Lansing, Michigan, the state's capital. Most of the city is within Ingham County, though a small portion lies in Clinton County. The population was 48,579 at the time of the 2010 census, an increase from...
  
  

External links

• Aerial photo as of 07 April 1999 from USGS The National Map
• Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Southeastern Michigan