Allegan City Airport is a general aviation

General aviation

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 airport located 1 mile (2 km) east of Allegan

Allegan, Michigan

Allegan is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 4,838. It is the county seat of Allegan County. The city lies within Allegan Township, but is administratively autonomous....

 in Allegan County

Allegan County, Michigan

-Interstates:* I-196* I-196 Business Loop serves the city of Holland.-US highways:* US-31* US-131-Michigan State Trunklines:* M-40* M-89* M-179* M-222-Allegan County Intercounty Highways:* A-2* A-37* A-42* A-45-Demographics:...

, Michigan

Michigan

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, USA

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The address of the airport is: 740 Grand St., Allegan, MI, 49010

The airport offers flight training, aircraft rental, a full maintenance facility (including major overhauls), skydiving, public telephone, weather briefings, and 24 hour 100LL fuel servicing.

Runways

• Runway 11/29: 3,500 x 75 ft. (1,067 x 23 m), Surface: Asphalt
• Runway 15/33: 2,000 x 150 ft. (609 x 46 m), Surface: Turf

Airport Communications

• CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
• GRAND RAPIDS APPROACH: 128.4
• GRAND RAPIDS DEPARTURE: 128.4
• WX ASOS at BIV (18 nm NW): 119.025 (616-394-0190)

Location

• The airport is accessible by road from M-222
  M-222 (Michigan highway)
  M-222 is the current designation of a state trunkline route in the US state of Michigan. The route was formerly signed as M-118 and connects the city of Allegan with the US 131 freeway near Martin.-Route description:...
  
  , (exit #55 off of US-131), and is located near M-40
  M-40 (Michigan highway)
  M-40 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. The highway runs from US Highway 12 near the Indiana state line in Porter Township north through Paw Paw and Allegan to end in the outskirts of Holland...
  
   and M-89
  M-89 (Michigan highway)
  M-89 is an east–west state highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from near Ganges Township to Battle Creek. M-89 passes through Allegan County, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, and Calhoun County. It also briefly crosses the southwest corner of Barry County.-Route description:M-89 begins...
  
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Skydiving

• Padgham Field has skydiving operations at the East side of the field. There is a small skydiving club operating there and Skydive Inc. operates it's Skydive Allegan operation there as well.

Skydiving

Padgham Field has active skydiving operations at the field. There is a small skydiving club operating on Saturdays and a commercial operation, Skydive Inc. that operates as Skydive Allegan and jumps on Saturdays, Sundays, Wednesday evenings, and throughout the week on occasion. These operations typically put skydivers over the North center of the field and land in the field area between the T-hangars.

Experienced skydivers normally exit the aircraft from an altitude of 10,000' AGL and will freefall to approximately 2,500' AGL before deploying their canopies. Skydive Inc.'s Skydive Allegan Tandem Skydivers will normally exit the aircraft from an altitude of 10,000' AGL and will free fall to approximately 4,500' AGL before deploying their canopies. During skydiving operations, Padgham Field will potentially have skydiving canopy traffic in a small pattern from 4,500' AGL to the ground.

Skydive aircraft are in constant communication with Grand Rapids Approach and will give notices via local frequencies as to skydiver jump status.

External links

• Dodgen Aircraft "Full service FBO"
• Skydive Inc. "Michigan Skydiving."
• Skydive Allegan "Skydive Michigan from the Allegan Airport!"