Fitch H. Beach Airport

Fitch H. Beach Airport
Fitch H. Beach Airport
	IATA: none; ICAO: KFPK; FAA LID: FPK;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Charlotte/City Manager
Serves	Charlotte, Michigan
Elevation AMSL	891 ft / 272 m
Coordinates	42°34′28″N 084°48′41″W / 42.57444°N 84.81139°W
Map
	FPK Location of airport in MichiganShow map of MichiganShow map of the United StatesShow all
Runways
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations
Aircraft operations	5,600
Based aircraft	24
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Fitch H. Beach Airport (ICAO: KFPK, FAA LID: FPK) is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of the central business district of Charlotte, a city in Eaton County, Michigan, United States.^[1] It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a local general aviation facility.^[2]

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned FPK by the FAA and no designation from the IATA.^[3]

Facilities and aircraft[]

Fitch H. Beach Airport covers an area of 190 acres (77 ha) at an elevation of 891 feet (272 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 2/20 is 3,500 by 75 feet (1,067 x 23 m) with a concrete surface; 14/32 is 2,318 by 100 feet (707 x 30 m) with a turf surface.^[1] Runway 14/32 is closed from December through March, and also when snow-covered. The airport is staffed daily from 8AM until dusk.

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2008, the airport had 5,600 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 15 per day. At that time there were 24 aircraft based at this airport: 79% single-engine, 17% multi-engine and 4% ultralight.^[1]

Transit[]

The airport is accessible by road from Island Highway, and is located near I-69 (exits 60 and 61), M-50, and M-79.

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d FAA Airport Form 5010 for FPK PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective 8 April 2010.
^ "List of NPIAS Airports" (PDF). FAA.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
^ "Charlotte, Michigan - Fitch H. Beach Airport (ICAO: KFPK, FAA: FPK)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 23 May 2010.

External links[]

Charlotte Air Services, the fixed-base operator (FBO)
"Fitch H. Beach Muni (FPK)" (PDF). (54.4 KB) at Michigan DOT Airport Directory
Aerial image as of 13 April 1999 from USGS The National Map
FAA Terminal Procedures for FPK, effective February 24, 2022
Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for FPK
- AirNav airport information for KFPK
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures

[FAA-1] FAA Airport Form 5010 for FPK PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective 8 April 2010.

[NPIAS_Airports-2] "List of NPIAS Airports" (PDF). FAA.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.

[3] "Charlotte, Michigan - Fitch H. Beach Airport (ICAO: KFPK, FAA: FPK)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 23 May 2010.

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