Airport type Public Website www.tvcairport.com Code TVC Phone +1 231-947-2250 | Elevation AMSL 624 ft / 190 m 10/28 6,901 Elevation 190 m | |
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Owner Grand Traverse & Leelanau Counties Serves Traverse City, Michigan Address 727 Fly Don't Dr, Traverse City, MI 49686, USA | ||
Cherry Capital Airport (IATA: TVC, ICAO: KTVC, FAA LID: TVC) is a public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) southeast of the central business district of Traverse City, in Grand Traverse County, Michigan, United States. It is owned by Grand Traverse and Leelanau counties.
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- History
- Facilities and aircraft
- Airlines and destinations
- Top domestic destinations
- Accidents and incidents
- References
It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a non-hub primary commercial service facility.
Cherry Capital Airport had 190,286 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2013, an increase from 182,616 enplanements in 2012 and 167,488 in 2010.
The airport had 429,364 passengers travel in and out in the 2015 calendar year.
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History
The airport's facility was previously on the north side of the East - West runway having the entrance on Parsons Ave. The airport recently added a new and larger airport tower next to the older one.
In the fall of 2004, Cherry Capital opened a new terminal demolishing the old one and reconfiguring the runways. Since then, Cherry Capital Airport has continued to grow with various carriers adding seasonal service and destinations.
Cherry Capital Airport was the recipient of the 2003–04, 2004–05, and 2005–06 Balchen/Post Awards for outstanding achievement in snow and ice control in the small commercial service airport category.
Soon, the airport will implement the first biometric access systems in the country. The airport is the ninth to implement the advanced security measures suggested after the September 11, 2001, attacks. This terminal is able to comply better with security regulations and supports a greater number of flights and passengers.
Facilities and aircraft
The Airport has one concourse with six gates. Cherry Capital Airport covers an area of 1,026 acres (415 ha) at an elevation of 624 feet (190 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 10/28 is 6,901 by 150 feet (2,103 x 46 m) and 18/36 is 5,378 by 150 feet (1,639 x 46 m).
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2012, the airport had 83,970 aircraft operations (down from 92,483 in 2008), an average of 230 per day: 79% general aviation, 10% scheduled commercial, 11% military, and <1% air taxi. In November 2016, there were 97 aircraft based at this airport: 73 single-engine, 15 multi-engine, 2 jet and 7 helicopter.
In February 2009, Forbes magazine ranked Cherry Capital Airport second in their list of the top ten "rip-off" airports in the United States, citing an average cost per mile to travelers departing TVC of 41 cents.
The airport has two Fixed-Based Operators (FBOs): (1) Harbour Air Services, LLC, an Air Elite, diamond-level service FBO, and (2) AvFlight.
Airlines and destinations
Air service reflects the tourism season in Traverse City. In the winter, there are as few as 8 daily flights, and in the summer, there are nearly 30 daily flights. The following passenger airlines provide scheduled service to and from Cherry Capital Airport:
Top domestic destinations
FedEx Feeder is operated at the field by CSA Air. UPS flights are operated by Freight Runners Express and AmeriFlight.