Marquette County Airport is a former airport in the

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, located in Negaunee Township in Marquette County, several miles west of the city of Marquette. With the 1995 closure of nearby K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base, airport facilities were transferred to Sawyer International Airport when it opened in 1999. In 2006, the

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proposed moving its Ojibwa II casino from Chocolay Township to the airport site, where it would build a facility. The proposal was rejected by Governor

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, unless a broader agreement could be reached.

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Photos of the closed Marquette County Airport
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