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For the airport in Grand Marais, Minnesota, see Grand Marais/Cook County Airport.
Grand Marais, MI Airport
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
Y98 is located in the United States
Y98
Y98
Y98 (the United States)
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, 2015, the airport had 100 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 9 per month. In January 2017, 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 Jan 5, 2017.
  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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