Merillat 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 Tecumseh

Tecumseh, Michigan

Tecumseh is a small city in Lenawee County of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated where M-50 crosses the River Raisin, a few miles east of M-52. Tecumseh is about SW of Detroit, south of Ann Arbor and north of Toledo, OH....

, in Lenawee County

Lenawee County, Michigan

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 98,890 people, 35,930 households, and 26,049 families residing in the county. The population density was 132 people per square mile . There were 39,769 housing units at an average density of 53 per square mile...

, 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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. It is owned by James N. Merillatt and managed by Jeff Wright. The airport opened in February of 1976. "The Landing" banquet hall is adjacent to the airport on N. Rogers Rd.

Facilities and aircraft

Merillat Airport covers an area of 28 acres (11.3 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 820 feet (250 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway

Runway

According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

 designated 18/36 with a turf

Grass

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 surface measuring 3,608 by 100 feet (1,100 x 30 m).

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 2,280 general aviation

General aviation

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 aircraft operations, an average of 190 per month. At that time there were 20 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single-engine

Aircraft engine

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, 5% multi-engine and 5% ultralight.

External links

• Tecumseh, Merillat (34G) airport diagram from Michigan DOT
• Aerial image as of 28 April 1992 from USGS The National Map