Drummond Island Airport

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Coordinates: 46°00′34″N 083°44′38″W / 46.00944, -83.74389

Drummond Island Airport
IATA: DRE – ICAO: KDRM – FAA: DRM
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Drummond Township
Serves		Drummond Island, Michigan
Elevation AMSL		668 ft / 204 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
8/26	4,000	1,219	Asphalt
18/36	2,500	762	Turf
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations			7,482
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Drummond Island Airport (IATA: DRE, ICAO: KDRM, FAA LID: DRM, formerly Y66) is a public airport located one mile (2 km) southwest of the central business district of Drummond Island, in Chippewa County, Michigan, United States. It is owned by Drummond Township.^[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Drummond Island Airport is assigned DRM by the FAA and DRE by the IATA^[2] (which assigned DRM to Drama, Greece^[3]).

[edit] Facilities

Drummond Island Airport covers an area of 60 acres (24 ha) which contains two runways: 8/26 with 4,000 x 75 ft. (1,219 x 23 m) asphalt pavement and 18/36 with 2,500 x 150 ft. (762 x 46 m) turf surface. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 7,482 general aviation aircraft operations.^[1] The airport is staffed Monday through Saturday from 8:00 a.m. until 5 p.m. and is accessible by road from Drummond Rd, and is close to M-134.