Buzzwick Airport
Buzzwick Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public use | ||||||||||
| Owner | Buzzwick Airport LLC | ||||||||||
| Operator | Mitchell Noble | ||||||||||
| Serves | Carleton, Michigan | ||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (-5) | ||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (-4) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 610 ft / 186 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°01′16.0″N 83°22′21.5″W / 42.021111°N 83.372639°W | ||||||||||
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Buzzwick Airport (FAA LID: W87) is a privately owned, public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) south of the central business district of Carleton, a village in Monroe County, Michigan, United States.[1] It is owned and operated by Buzzwick Airport LLC.
The airport's current Airport manager is Mitchell Noble.[3] The airport was formerly known as Wickenheiser Airport when it was owned and managed by Cletus Wickenheiser.[4][5]
Facilities and aircraft
[edit]The airport covers an area of 17 acres at an elevation of 610 feet (186 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway with turf surfaces: 18/36 is 2,575 by 60 feet (785 x 18 m).[1][6][7][8]
No fuel is available at the airport.[9]
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2020, the airport had 732 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 31 per month. At that time there were six aircraft based at this airport, all single-engine airplanes.[1][6][7][8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for W87 PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective May 31, 2012.
- ^ "Carleton, Buzzwick (W87)" (PDF). Airport Directory. State of Michigan. Retrieved June 18, 2012.
- ^ "Michigan Department of Transportation - General Aviation Airports" (PDF).
- ^ "W87 - Wickenheiser Airport - Carleton, Michigan". FAA information effective April 8, 2010. AirNav. Archived from the original on April 13, 2010.
- ^ "Carleton, Wickenheiser (W87)" (PDF). Airport Directory. State of Michigan. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 10, 2012. Retrieved June 18, 2012.
- ^ a b "AirNav: W87 - Buzzwick Airport". airnav.com. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ^ a b "(W87) Buzzwick Airport". www.aopa.org. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ^ a b "W87 - Buzzwick Airport | SkyVector". skyvector.com. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ^ "Buzzwick Airport Overview and FBOs (Carleton, MI) [W87]". FlightAware. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
External links
[edit]- Aerial image as of March 1999 from USGS The National Map
- Michigan Department of Transportation - General Aviation Airports Directory
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for W87
- AirNav airport information for W87
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for W87