Buzzwick Airport

Buzzwick Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA LID: W87
Summary
Airport type Public use
Owner Mitchell Noble
Serves Carleton, Michigan
Elevation AMSL 610 ft / 186 m
Coordinates 42°01′05″N 083°22′38″W / 42.01806°N 83.37722°W / 42.01806; -83.37722
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 2,575 785 Turf
9/27 1,920 585 Turf
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations 200
Based aircraft 4
Sources: FAA,[1] Michigan Airport Directory[2]

Buzzwick Airport (FAA LID: W87) is a privately owned, public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) south of the central business district of Carleton, a village in Monroe County, Michigan, United States.[1] It was formerly known as Wickenheiser Airport, owned and managed by Cletus Wickenheiser.[3][4]

Facilities and aircraft

The airport covers an area of 38 acres (15 ha) at an elevation of 610 feet (186 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways with turf surfaces: 18/36 is 2,575 by 60 feet (785 x 18 m) and 9/27 is 1,920 by 60 feet.[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2010, the airport had 200 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 16 per month. At that time there were four aircraft based at this airport, all single-engine.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for W87 (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Carleton, Buzzwick (W87)" (PDF). Airport Directory. State of Michigan. Retrieved June 18, 2012.
  3. ↑ "W87 - Wickenheiser Airport - Carleton, Michigan". FAA information effective April 8, 2010. AirNav. Archived from the original on April 13, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Carleton, Wickenheiser (W87)" (PDF). Airport Directory. State of Michigan. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 10, 2012. Retrieved June 18, 2012.

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