Buzzwick Airport

Buzzwick Airport
Buzzwick Airport
	View of the runway from Grafton Road
	IATA: none; ICAO: none; FAA LID: W87;
Summary
Airport type	Public use
Owner	Mitchell Noble
Serves	Carleton, Michigan
Elevation AMSL	610 ft / 186 m
Coordinates	42°01′05″N 083°22′38″W / 42.01806°N 83.37722°W
Runways
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations
Aircraft operations	200
Based aircraft	4
	Sources: FAA, Michigan Airport Directory

Buzzwick Airport (FAA LID: W87) is a privately owned, public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) south of the central business district of Carleton, a village in Monroe County, Michigan, United States.^[1] It was formerly known as Wickenheiser Airport, owned and managed by Cletus Wickenheiser.^[3]^[4]

Facilities and aircraft

The airport covers an area of 38 acres (15 ha) at an elevation of 610 feet (186 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways with turf surfaces: 18/36 is 2,575 by 60 feet (785 x 18 m) and 9/27 is 1,920 by 60 feet.^[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2010, the airport had 200 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 16 per month. At that time there were four aircraft based at this airport, all single-engine.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d FAA Airport Form 5010 for W87 PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective May 31, 2012.
^ "Carleton, Buzzwick (W87)" (PDF). Airport Directory. State of Michigan. Retrieved June 18, 2012.
^ "W87 - Wickenheiser Airport - Carleton, Michigan". FAA information effective April 8, 2010. AirNav. Archived from the original on April 13, 2010.
^ "Carleton, Wickenheiser (W87)" (PDF). Airport Directory. State of Michigan. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 10, 2012. Retrieved June 18, 2012.

External links

Aerial image as of March 1999 from USGS The National Map
Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for W87
- AirNav airport information for W87
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for W87

[FAA-1] FAA Airport Form 5010 for W87 PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective May 31, 2012.

[Michigan.gov-2] "Carleton, Buzzwick (W87)" (PDF). Airport Directory. State of Michigan. Retrieved June 18, 2012.

[3] "W87 - Wickenheiser Airport - Carleton, Michigan". FAA information effective April 8, 2010. AirNav. Archived from the original on April 13, 2010.

[4] "Carleton, Wickenheiser (W87)" (PDF). Airport Directory. State of Michigan. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 10, 2012. Retrieved June 18, 2012.

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