Antrim County Airport is a county-owned public-use
airport
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located one mile (2 km) northeast of the
central business district of
Bellaire, a village in
Antrim County,
Michigan
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,
United States
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.
It is included in the
Federal Aviation Administration
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(FAA)
National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is
categorized as a local
general aviation
General aviation (GA) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as all civil aviation aircraft operations with the exception of commercial air transport or aerial work, which is defined as specialized aviation services ...
facility.
Facilities and aircraft
Antrim County Airport covers an area of which contains one
asphalt
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paved
runway
According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface (often asphalt, concre ...
(02/20) measuring 5,000 x 100 ft (1,524 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2018, the airport had 7,300 aircraft operations, an average of 20 per day, all
general aviation
General aviation (GA) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as all civil aviation aircraft operations with the exception of commercial air transport or aerial work, which is defined as specialized aviation services ...
. For the same time period, there are 20
airplanes
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based on the field: 19 single-engine and 1 multi-engine.
The airport has a
fixed-base operator
A fixed-base operator (FBO) is an organization granted the right by an airport to operate at the airport and provide aeronautical services such as fueling, hangaring, tie-down and parking, aircraft rental, aircraft maintenance, flight instruction, ...
that sells fuel and has a conference room.
References
External links
Antrim County Airport
Airports in Michigan
Buildings and structures in Antrim County, Michigan
Michigan
Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...
County government agencies in Michigan
Transportation in Antrim County, Michigan
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