Newman's Airport is a privately owned, public airport

Airport

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 located 7 mi (11.3 km) west of Kalamazoo

Kalamazoo, Michigan

The area on which the modern city stands was once home to Native Americans of the Hopewell culture, who migrated into the area sometime before the first millennium. Evidence of their early residency remains in the form of a small mound in downtown's Bronson Park. The Hopewell civilization began to...

, Michigan

Michigan

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, United States

United States

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. It is a choice for many pilots in the area who wish to avoid the Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport

Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport

Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport is a county-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles southeast of the central business district of Kalamazoo, a city in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States. The airport is also near the city of Battle CreekThe airport has an air...

. Newmans is an airpark community. The airport offers tie-downs, and hangars.

On average, 96 aircraft operations occur per week, with 90% being local general aviation

General aviation

General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...

. No commercial airlines service Newman's. 20 aircraft are based on the field.