Grand Marais Airport

For the airport in Grand Marais, Minnesota, see Grand Marais/Cook County Airport.
Grand Marais Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA LID: Y98
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Burt Township
Serves Grand Marais, Michigan
Elevation AMSL 838 ft / 255 m
Coordinates 46°37′15″N 085°55′08″W / 46.62083°N 85.91889°W / 46.62083; -85.91889
Map
Y98
Y98

Location of airport in Michigan/United States

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
5/23 2,600 792 Turf
14/32 2,800 853 Turf
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2015) 100
Based aircraft (2016) 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, 2015, the airport had 100 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 9 per month.[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. 1 2 3 FAA Airport Master Record for Y98 (Form 5010 PDF), effective Nov 10, 2016.
  2. ↑ 11th Annual SPLASH-IN on the BAY, JUNE 17 through 19, 2011, Grand Marais Chamber of Commerce.

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