Southwest Michigan Regional Airport is a public airport

Airport

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 located in Benton Harbor

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 in Berrien County

Berrien County, Michigan

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, Michigan

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, USA

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. It was previously served from 1995-2000 by Mesaba Airlines

Mesaba Airlines

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, offering five daily flights to the Northwest Airlines

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 hub at Detroit. But despite an intense local marketing campaign (utilizing the slogan You Can Get There From Here), the proximity of airports in Chicago

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, Kalamazoo and South Bend, Indiana

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 siphoned business from BEH and service was discontinued. The airport has spent most of the current decade without commercial air service. (No commercial flight currently) It is used primarily by general aviation and corporate clients.

Facilities

The airport is staffed as follows:

• Monday through Friday, May through September - 7AM to 8PM
• Monday through Friday, October through April - 7AM to 6PM
• Saturday and Sunday, Year round - 8AM to 5PM

Control Tower

Opened in 1973, the air traffic control tower sits abandoned to the present day after its closure during a 1981 controller strike. It ceased operation and never re-opened.

Runways

• Runway 9/27: 5,109 x 100 ft. (1,557 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt
• Runway 13/31: 3,661 x 100 ft. (1,116 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt
• Runway 18/36: 2,498 x 100 ft. (762 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt

Transit

• The airport is accessible by road from Territorial Rd, and is close to I-94 and I-94 Business Loop.

External links

• Southwest Michigan Regional Airport (official site)