Grand Marais/Cook County Seaplane Base
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IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA LID: 0G5 | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Cook County | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Grand Marais, Minnesota | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,635 ft / 498 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 47°49′N 090°23′W / 47.817°N 90.383°W | ||||||||||||||
Website | www.boreal.org/airport/ | ||||||||||||||
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Grand Marais/Cook County Seaplane Base (FAA LID: 0G5) is a county owned, public use seaplane base located six nautical miles (11 km) northwest of the central business district of Grand Marais, a city in Cook County, Minnesota, United States.[1]
It is located on the shore of Devil's Track Lake and was formerly part of Devil's Track Municipal Airport (FAA: GRM). That airport had a runway which closed after the opening of Grand Marais/Cook County Airport (FAA: CKC), located one mile (1.6 km) to the north.[2]
Facilities and aircraft
Grand Marais/Cook County Seaplane Base covers an area of 6 acres (2.4 ha) at an elevation of 1,635 feet (498 m) above mean sea level. It has two seaplane landing areas: 9/27 is 15,000 x 1,500 feet (4,572 x 457 m) and 3/21 is 3,000 x 2,000 feet (914 x 610 m). For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2003, the airport had 550 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 46 per month.[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 FAA Airport Master Record for 0G5 (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2008-04-10
- ↑ Skyport Airport / Devil's Track Municipal Airport (GRM) at Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields
External links
- Grand Marais Cook County Airport & Seaplane Base
- "Grand Marais-Cook County Seaplane Base (0G5)" (PDF). at Minnesota DOT Airport Directory
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for 0G5
- AirNav airport information for 0G5
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for 0G5