Airport type Public Serves Bay City, Michigan Website www.BayCityMI.org/... Address Bay City, MI 48708, USA Added to NRHP 22 November 1982 | Owner Bay City Elevation AMSL 585 ft / 178 m 18/36 3,798 Phone +1 989-894-8229 | |
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James Clements Municipal Airport (FAA LID: 3CM) is a city owned, public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) south of the central business district of Bay City, in Bay 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. It is also a seaplane base with landing areas on the Saginaw River, adjacent to the airport.
The airport was dedicated in 1930 in commemoration of Bay City pilots who gave their lives for their country in military service. The Georgian Revival Administration Building became part of to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, and houses a collection of photographs of those pilots.
It is home port for local chapters of the Civil Air Patrol and the Experimental Aircraft Association. Also centered there is the Valley Aero Club (which celebrates Fathers' Day with an annual fly-in breakfast in early June; and also hosts an air show in August.).
Wetlands on the airport's edges are home to the cream-colored Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid, which is a threatened and rare wildflower.
Facilities and aircraft
James Clements Municipal Airport covers an area of 266 acres (108 ha) at an elevation of 585 feet (178 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 18/36 is 3,798 by 75 feet (1,158 x 23 m) and 5/23 is 2,600 by 75 feet (792 x 23 m). It also has three seaplane landing areas on water: 9W/27W is 3,500 by 500 feet (1,067 x 152 m); 13W/31W is 2,600 by 400 feet (792 x 122 m); 18W/36W is 3,500 by 500 feet (1,067 x 152 m).
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2010, the airport had 9,006 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 24 per day. At that time there were 57 aircraft based at this airport: 89% single-engine, 5% multi-engine, 2% helicopter, and 4% ultralight.