Oscoda County Dennis Kauffman Memorial Airport is a county-owned, public-use

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Oscoda County, Michigan Oscoda County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,219, making it the least populous county in the Lower Peninsula, and the sixth-least populous county in the entire state. The county seat ...

, United States. It is located two nautical miles (4 km) north of the central business district of

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. Formerly known as Oscoda County Airport, it was renamed in 2011 to honor Dennis Kauffman, who served on the Oscoda County Board of Commissioners for more than 20 years. It is included in the

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(FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a basic

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facility.

Facilities and aircraft

The airport covers an area of 80 acres (32 ha) at an

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of 1,050 feet (320 m) above

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. It has one

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designated 10/28 with an

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surface measuring 3,000 by 75 feet (914 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2021, the airport had 1196 aircraft operations, an average of 23 per week. All were

. At that time there were nine aircraft based at this airport, including 8 single-engine

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and 1

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Accidents and incidents

* On June 28, 2021, a Lake LA-4-200 Buccaneer crashed after takeoff from Dennis Kauffman Memorial Airport. The pilot reported its engine was producing 200 RPM less on the takeoff roll. He decided to continue the takeoff and began to fly back towards the airport but crashed into trees before he could land normally.

References

External links

* at Michigan Airport Directory
Aerial image as of April 1999
from

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