Sawyer International Airport

Sawyer International Airport
Sawyer International Airport
Sawyer International Airport-2006-USGS.jpg
2006 USGS photo
IATA: MQTICAO: KSAWFAA LID: SAW
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Marquette County
Serves Marquette, Michigan
Location Gwinn, Michigan
Elevation AMSL 1,221 ft / 372 m
Coordinates 46°21′13″N 87°23′43″W / 46.35361°N 87.39528°W / 46.35361; -87.39528Coordinates: 46°21′13″N 87°23′43″W / 46.35361°N 87.39528°W / 46.35361; -87.39528
Website sawyerairport.com
Map
MQT is located in Michigan
MQT
Location of airport in Michigan
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
1/19 12,370 3,770 Asphalt/Concrete
Statistics (2010)
Total Passengers 114,295 increase 6%
Total Enplanements 57,595 increase 7%
Aircraft operations (2008) 22,515
Based aircraft (2008) 44
Source: FAA[1], Michigan DOT[2]

Sawyer International Airport (IATA: MQTICAO: KSAWFAA LID: SAW) is a public airport located 17 miles (27 km) south of the central business district of Marquette, a city in Marquette County, Michigan, United States. The airport is publicly owned by Marquette County.[1]

This commercial and general aviation airport is located near Gwinn, Michigan on a portion of the former K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base, which closed in September 1995. The airport opened for passenger service in September 1999, serving Marquette and the surrounding area. It replaced the former Marquette County Airport (IATA: MQTICAO: KMQTFAA LID: MQT) which closed the same year.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Sawyer International is assigned SAW by the FAA and MQT by the IATA (which had previously assigned SAW to Sabiha Gökçen International Airport in Istanbul, Turkey). The airport's ICAO identifier is KSAW. [3] [4]

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Facilities and aircraft

Sawyer International Airport covers an area of 2,100 acres (850 ha). It has a single asphalt/concrete runway, 12,370 x 150 ft (3,770 x 46 m),[1] originally re-designed in 1959 to accommodate B-52 bombers and KC-135 tankers.

For 12-month period ending December 31, 2008, the airport had 22,515 aircraft operations, an average of 62 per day: 49% general aviation (10,940), 47% air taxi (10,536), <1% scheduled commercial (8), and 5% military (1,031)[citation needed]. There are 44 aircraft based at this airport: 91% single engine (40) and 9% multi engine (4).[1]

There is an industrial park, the Telkite Technology Park[5], adjacent to the airport, with 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) of land and 1,500,000 square feet (140,000 m2) of space in a Michigan Renaissance Zone, which exempts the tenant or owner from the majority of state and local taxes.

The airport is home to the Marquette County Aviation Wall of Honor which features many influential pilots and engineers.[6]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
American Eagle Chicago-O'Hare
Delta Connection operated by Pinnacle Airlines Detroit

References

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