Airport type Public Serves Midland, Michigan Website midland-mi.org/... Code IKW | Owner City of Midland Elevation AMSL 635 ft / 194 m 6/24 3,801 Phone +1 989-835-3231 | |
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Address 2800 Airport Rd, Midland, MI 48642, USA Similar MBS Internatio Airport, Commerc Software - Inc, Stratford Woods Park, Dow Gardens, Coldwell Banker Professio | ||
Jack Barstow Airport (ICAO: KIKW, FAA LID: IKW, formerly 3BS), also known as Jack Barstow Municipal Airport, is a city owned, public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northwest of the central business district of Midland, a city in Midland County, Michigan, United States. 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 local general aviation facility.
The airport is named after local pilot John "Jack" Barstow, who lived in Midland and became adept at flying gliders in San Diego, California. On April 29, 1930, Barstow established an unofficial world record endurance for gliders by soaring a Bowlus sailplane at Point Loma near San Diego for over 15 hours. As an instructor at the Bowlus Glider School, Barstow helped train Charles and Anne Lindbergh in gliding in 1930. The former Midland Airport was renamed Jack Barstow Municipal Airport shortly following Barstow's death in 1935, at the age of 29. A local chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) is located at Barstow Airport. Through the EAA’s Young Eagles program, annual aviation camps are held at the airport to educate youth.
Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned IKW by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.
Facilities and aircraft
The airport covers an area of 512 acres (207 ha) at an elevation of 635 feet (194 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 6/24 is 3,801 by 75 feet (1,159 x 23 m) and 18/36 is 3,001 by 75 feet (915 x 23 m).
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2010, the airport had 13,970 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 38 per day. At that time there were 63 aircraft based at this airport: 87% single-engine, 3% multi-engine, 2% jet, 2% helicopter, and 6% ultralight.