St. Clair County International Airport is a public airport owned by the government of St. Clair County, Michigan, United States. It is located in Kimball Township, five miles (8 km) southwest of the central business district (CBD) of

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. 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 regional reliever airport facility.

History

The airport has been in service since the 1940s. It originally serve military aircraft and has since moved largely to serving private and business aircraft. In 2016, the airport closed for a time during nighttime due to power outages.

Facilities & Aircraft

St. Clair County International Airport covers and has two

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s: * Runway 4/22: 5,103 x 100 ft. (1,555 x 30 m), surface:

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* Runway 10/28: 4,001 x 75 ft. (1,220 x 23 m), surface: asphalt The airport received a $4.6 million runway upgrade in 2019 to repave runway 4/22. The runway also received new lighting and electrical vaults, replacing a 25-year-old system. For the 12-month period ending December 31 2021, the airport had 27,375 aircraft operations, an average of 75 per day. It includes 98%

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and 2%

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. For the same time period, there were 58 aircraft based on the field: 52 single-engine and 3 multi-engine

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as well as 3 jets. The airport has an FBO offering fuel, general maintenance, conference rooms, crew lounges, snooze rooms, showers, and more.

Additional information

Adjacent to the airport is an Michigan certified business air industrial park. Agents for U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Department of Agriculture are available 24 hours a day for customs and international flights into the United States.

Accidents & Incidents

*On June 26, 2005, a Piper PA-31 Navajo impacted water during a visual approach to St Clair County. The six people aboard reported minor injuries. The probable cause was found to be fuel exhaustion during cruise flight, inadequate in-flight planning, and unsitable terrain encountered during the forced landing. *On December 24, 2014, a

Piper Seneca The Piper PA-34 Seneca is a twin-engined light aircraft, produced in the United States by Piper Aircraft. It has been in non-continuous production since 1971. The Seneca is primarily used for personal and business flying. Development The Sene ...

crashed during an instrument approach at St. Clair County. *On September 6, 2018, a

Cessna 340 The Cessna 340 is a twin piston engine pressurized business aircraft that was manufactured by Cessna.Montgomery, MR & Gerald Foster: ''A Field Guide to Airplanes, Second Edition'', page 106. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1992. The Cessna 33 ...

crashed near the airport, killing the sole person onboard. The pilot reported problems with their right engine before losing communications.

References

* *Michigan Airport Directory
St. Clair County International Airport
( PDF)
St. Clair County International Airport
(St. Clair County website)

External links

Airports in Michigan Buildings and structures in St. Clair County, Michigan Port Huron, Michigan Transportation in St. Clair County, Michigan {{Michigan-airport-stub