Grand Marais/Cook County Seaplane Base Explained

Grand Marais/Cook County Seaplane Base
Faa:0G5
Type:Public
Owner:Cook County
City-Served:Grand Marais, Minnesota
Elevation-F:1,635
Elevation-M:498
Coordinates:47.8167°N -113°W
Website:www.boreal.org/airport/
Pushpin Map:USA Minnesota#USA
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Minnesota
Pushpin Label:0G5
Pushpin Label Position:left
R1-Number:9/27
R1-Length-F:15,000
R1-Length-M:4,572
R1-Surface:Water
R2-Number:3/21
R2-Length-F:3,000
R2-Length-M:914
R2-Surface:Water
Stat-Year:2003
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:550
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Grand Marais/Cook County Seaplane Base is a county-owned, public-use seaplane base located seven miles (11 km) northwest of the central business district of Grand Marais, a city in Cook County, Minnesota, United States.

It is located on the shore of Devil's Track Lake and was formerly part of Devil's Track Municipal Airport (FAA: GRM). That airport had a runway which closed after the opening of Grand Marais/Cook County Airport (FAA: CKC), located one mile (1.6 km) to the north.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Grand Marais/Cook County Seaplane Base covers an area of 6acres at an elevation of 1,635 feet (498 m) above mean sea level. It has two seaplane landing areas: 9/27 is 15,000 x 1,500 feet (4,572 x 457 m) and 3/21 is 3,000 x 2,000 feet (914 x 610 m). For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2003, the airport had 550 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 46 per month.

See also

References

  1. , effective 2008-04-10
  2. http://www.airfields-freeman.com/MN/Airfields_MN_N.htm#devilstrack Skyport Airport / Devil's Track Municipal Airport (GRM)

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