Grand Marais Airport Explained

Grand Marais Airport
Faa:Y98
Type:Public
Owner:Burt Township
City-Served:Grand Marais, Michigan
Elevation-F:838
Elevation-M:255
Coordinates:46.6208°N -85.9189°W
Pushpin Map:USA Michigan#USA
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Michigan
Pushpin Label:Y98
Pushpin Label Position:right
R1-Number:14/32
R1-Length-F:2,800
R1-Length-M:853
R1-Surface:Turf
R2-Number:5/23
R2-Length-F:2,600
R2-Length-M:792
R2-Surface:Turf
Stat-Year:2022
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:75
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:1
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]
Utc:-6
Utcs:-5

Grand Marais Airport is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southeast of the central business district of Grand Marais, a community in Burt Township, Alger County, Michigan, United States. The airport is owned by Burt Township.

Facilities and aircraft

Grand Marais Airport covers an area of 160acres at an elevation of 838 feet (255 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways with turf surfaces: runway 5/23 measures 2,600 by 150 feet (792 x 46 m) and runway 14/32 measures 2,800 by 100 feet (853 x 30 m).[2]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2022, the airport had 75 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of just over 6 per month. For the same time period, there was 1 aircraft based at this airport, a single-engine airplane.

The airport does not have a fixed-base operator, and there is no fuel available.[3]

Events

In mid June, the neighboring harbor at Grand Marais is the site for an annual sea plane fly-in hosted by the Grand Marais Pilots Association on behalf of the National Seaplane Pilots Association.[4]

See also

References

  1. , effective Jul 25, 2020.
  2. Web site: AirNav: Y98 - Grand Marais Airport . 2023-03-06 . www.airnav.com.
  3. Web site: Grand Marais Airport Overview and FBOs (Grand Marais, MI) [Y98] ]. 2023-03-06 . FlightAware . en.
  4. http://www.grandmaraismichigan.com/ChamberPages/SplashIn/splashin.htm 11th Annual SPLASH-IN on the BAY, JUNE 17 through 19, 2011, Grand Marais Chamber of Commerce.

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