Facilities and aircraft[edit]
Sawyer International Airport covers an area of 2,100 acres (850 ha). It has a single asphalt/concrete runway, 12,370 by 150 feet (3,770 by 46 m),[1] originally re-designed in 1959 to accommodate B-52 bombers and KC-135 tankers.
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2011, the airport had 21,345 aircraft operations (a decrease from 22,515 operations in 2008), an average of 58 per day: 49% general aviation, 49% air taxi, 2% military, and <1% scheduled commercial. There are 45 aircraft based at this airport: 87% single-engine, 11% multi-engine, and 2% helicopter.[1]
There is an industrial park, the Telkite Technology Park,[6] adjacent to the airport, with 1,000 acres (400 ha) 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.[7]
Airlines and destinations[edit]
The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service at this airport:
Airlines
Destinations
American Eagle Chicago-O'Hare
What would be ideal is some place with two runways where they could close one. There is a wiki site that lists all the Airforce bases that are closed- about 200 of them. I scanned a lot. Most are either really closed/dug up, too short or converted to active airports. Will keep looking.