Cherry Capital Airport

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Cherry Capital Airport


FAA Airport Diagram
IATA: TVC – ICAO: KTVC – FAA: TVC
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Grand Traverse & Leelanau Counties
Serves Traverse City, Michigan
Elevation AMSL 624 ft / 190 m
Coordinates 44°44′29″N 085°34′56″W / 44.74139, -85.58222
Website www.tvcairport.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 6,501 1,982 Asphalt
18/36 5,379 1,640 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 98,159
Based aircraft 107
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Cherry Capital Airport (IATA: TVC, ICAO: KTVC, FAA LID: TVC) is a public airport located two miles (3 km) south of the central business district of Traverse City, in Grand Traverse County, Michigan, United States. It is owned by Grand Traverse and Leelanau Counties.[1]

In the fall of 2004, Cherry Capital opened a new terminal,with the inaugural flight (American Eagle flight 3886) on June 9, 2005. Since then, Cherry Capital Airport has continued to grow. This is clearly seen by the addition of the A319/A320 family to Northwest Airlines' Traverse City fleet in the summer of 2006.[citation needed] This allowed NWA to meet the high demand of passengers. Also, American Eagle has experimented with weekend service to New York LaGuardia Airport. Delta Airlines also experimented with new destinations during the summer of 2006, when they added non-stop service to Atlanta.[2]

Soon, the airport will implement the first biometric access systems in the country.[2] The airport is the ninth to implement the advanced security measures suggested after the September 11, 2001 attacks.[2] This terminal is able to comply better with security regulations and supports a greater number of flights and passengers. In 2006, Grand Traverse County announced that it will be building two more terminals, including one to be built upon the footprint of the demolished pre-2005 terminal.[citation needed] In addition, Cherry Capital hopes to be granted permission from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to build a longer runway with the goal of meeting mandated runway distance for the Boeing 767 and comparable jet aircraft.[citation needed]

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[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Cherry Capital Airport terminal
Cherry Capital Airport terminal

Cherry Capital Airport covers an area of 1,026 acres (415 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 10/28 measuring 6,501 x 150 ft. (1,982 x 46 m) and 18/36 measuring 5,379 x 150 ft. (1,640 x 46 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 98,159 aircraft operations, an average of 268 per day: 69% general aviation, 15% military, 10% scheduled commercial and 6% air taxi. At that time there were 107 aircraft based at this airport: 70% single-engine, 22% multi-engine, 2% jet and 6% helicopter.[1]

[edit] Airlines and destinations

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for TVC (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-12-20
  2. ^ a b c http://www.tvcairport.com/terminal.htm

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