Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located two miles (3 km) northeast of the

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of Mount Pleasant, a city in

Isabella County Isabella County is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 64,394. Its county seat is Mount Pleasant. The area was known as ''Ojibiway Besse'', meaning "the place of the Ojibwa" (known as the C ...

, Michigan, United States. The airport became active in 1940. It serves general aviation for Mount Pleasant and the surrounding area. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

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for 2017–2021, in which it is

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as a local general aviation facility. The airport is home to a chapter of the experimental aircraft association. It holds regular airshows to showcase antique, homebuilt, and classic cars and aircraft.

Facilities and aircraft

Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport covers an area of which contains two runways: * Runway 09/27: 5,000 x 100 ft (1,524 x 30 m); surface: asphalt * Runway 05/23: 2,500 x 160 ft (762 x 49 m); surface: turf The airport has a fixed-base operator that sells

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– both

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and

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– and offers amenities such as a conference room and crew lounge, snooze rooms, and more. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2020, the airport had 10,220 aircraft operations, an average of 22 per day. This included 99% general aviation and 1% military. At the time, there are 17 aircraft based at this airport: 16 airplanes, including 15 single-engine and 1 multi-engine, and 1 jet airplane.

References

External links

Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport
at city website
FAA Airport Contact (Mount Pleasant Municipal)
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