Grand Marais Airport

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Grand Marais Airport
Grand Marais Airport (Michigan).jpg
View of the main entrance and runway
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerBurt Township
ServesGrand Marais, Michigan
Elevation AMSL838 ft / 255 m
Coordinates46°37′15″N 085°55′08″W / 46.62083°N 85.91889°W / 46.62083; -85.91889
Map
Y98 is located in Michigan
Y98
Y98
Location of airport in Michigan
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 2,800 853 Turf
5/23 2,600 792 Turf
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2015)100
Based aircraft (2017)1

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[]

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: 5/23 is 2,600 by 150 feet (792 x 46 m) and 14/32 is 2,800 by 100 feet (853 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2017, the airport had 100 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 9 per month. In July 2020, there was 1 aircraft based at this airport: 1 single-engine.[1]

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.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for Y98 PDF, effective Jul 25, 2020.
  2. ^ 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

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