Grand Marais Airport is a public use airport

Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

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

Central business district

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 of Grand Marais

Grand Marais, Michigan

Grand Marais is an unincorporated community in Burt Township, Alger County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located on Lake Superior at and is the eastern gateway to the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore via H-58....

, a community in Burt Township

Burt Township, Alger County, Michigan

Burt Township is a civil township of Alger County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 480.-Communities:There are no incorporated municipalities in the township...

, Alger County

Alger County, Michigan

Alger County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 9,601. Its county seat is Munising. The Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is located within the county.-History:...

, Michigan

Michigan

Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

, United States

United States

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. The airport is owned by Burt Township.

Facilities and aircraft

Grand Marais Airport covers an area of 160 acres (64.7 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 838 feet (255 m) above mean sea level. It has two runway

Runway

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s with turf

Grass

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 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, 2007, the airport had 274 general aviation

General aviation

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 aircraft operations, an average of 22 per month.

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.

External links

• Aerial photo as of 6 May 1993 from USGS The National Map