Schoolcraft County Airport is a county-owned public-use

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located 3 miles (5 km) northeast of the central business district of

Manistique, Michigan Manistique, formerly Monistique, is the only city and county seat of Schoolcraft County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 2,828. The city borders the adjacent Manistique Township, but the two are ...

, a city in

Schoolcraft County, Michigan Schoolcraft County ( ) is a county located in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 8,047, making it Michigan's fourth-least populous county. The county seat is Manistique, which lies alo ...

, United States. 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. The airport received $20,000 from the

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in 2020 as part of the

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to help mitigate the effects of the

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Facilities and aircraft

Schoolcraft County Airport covers an area of 335 acres (135 ha) at an

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of 684 feet (208 m) above

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. It has two

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s: 10/28 is 5,001 by 100 feet (1,524 m × 30 m) with an asphalt surface with approved GPS approaches, while runway 1/19 is 2,501 by 50 feet (762 m × 15 m) with an asphalt surface. The airport has an FBO that sells avgas and jet fuel as well as a lounge, rest rooms, and limited amenities. As of February 2023, the airport had no recorded data regarding aircraft operations for the previous 12 months. There are 6 aircraft based at this airport, all single-engine

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