Brighton Airport is a public use airport

Airport

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 located three nautical miles (6 km) north of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Brighton

Brighton, Michigan

Brighton is a principal satellite city of Metro Detroit located in the southeast portion of Livingston County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 7,444. Brighton forms part of the South Lyon-Howell-Brighton Urban Area...

, in Livingston County

Livingston County, Michigan

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 156,951 people, 55,384 households, and 43,531 families residing in the county. The population density was 276 people per square mile . There were 58,919 housing units at an average density of 104 per square mile...

, Michigan

Michigan

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, United States

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.

The airport opened in July of 1947 and is used primarily for privately owned light recreational aircraft, however it is open to the public. It is owned by the Brighton Airport Association, a not-for-profit organization, and managed by William Bertrand.

Facilities and aircraft

Brighton Airport covers an area of 47 acres (19 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 973 feet (297 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway

Runway

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 designated 4/22 with an asphalt

Asphalt

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 surface measuring 3,120 by 24 feet (951 x 7 m).

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2008, the airport had 17,600 general aviation

General aviation

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 aircraft operations, an average of 48 per day. At that time there were 91 aircraft based at this airport: 98% single-engine

Aircraft engine

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, 1% multi-engine and 1% ultralight.

External links

• Brighton Airport, official website
• Brighton Field (45G) airport diagram from Michigan DOT
• Aerial image as of 28 April 1992 from USGS The National Map