Grand Marais Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Burt Township | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Grand Marais, Michigan | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 (-6) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−05:00 (-5) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 838 ft / 255 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°37′15″N 085°55′08″W / 46.62083°N 85.91889°W | ||||||||||||||
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Grand Marais Airport (FAA LID: Y98) 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.[1]
Facilities and aircraft
[edit]Grand Marais Airport covers an area of 160 acres (65 ha) 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.[1][2]
The airport does not have a fixed-base operator, and there is no fuel available.[3]
Events
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for Y98 PDF, effective Jul 25, 2020.
- ^ a b "AirNav: Y98 - Grand Marais Airport". www.airnav.com. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
- ^ "Grand Marais Airport Overview and FBOs (Grand Marais, MI) [Y98]". FlightAware. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
- ^ 11th Annual SPLASH-IN on the BAY, JUNE 17 through 19, 2011, Grand Marais Chamber of Commerce. Archived 2011-10-03 at the Wayback Machine
External links
[edit]- Aerial photo as of 6 May 1993 from USGS The National Map
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for Y98
- AirNav airport information for Y98
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for Y98