Grand Marais Airport | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Burt Township | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Grand Marais, Michigan | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | UTC−06:00 (-6) | ||||||||||||||
• Summer ( DST) | UTC−05:00 (-5) | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 838 ft / 255 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 46°37′15″N 085°55′08″W / 46.62083°N 85.91889°W | ||||||||||||||
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Source:
Federal Aviation Administration
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Grand Marais Airport ( FAA LID: Y98) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southeast of the central business district of Grand Marais, a community in Burt Township, Alger County, Michigan, United States. The airport is owned by Burt Township. [1]
Grand Marais Airport covers an area of 160 acres (65 ha) at an elevation of 838 feet (255 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways with turf surfaces: runway 5/23 measures 2,600 by 150 feet (792 x 46 m) and runway 14/32 measures 2,800 by 100 feet (853 x 30 m). [2]
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2022, the airport had 75 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of just over 6 per month. For the same time period, there was 1 aircraft based at this airport, a single-engine airplane. [1] [2]
The airport does not have a fixed-base operator, and there is no fuel available. [3]
In mid June, the neighboring harbor at Grand Marais is the site for an annual sea plane fly-in hosted by the Grand Marais Pilots Association on behalf of the National Seaplane Pilots Association. [4]