Houghton County Memorial Airport

Houghton County Memorial Airport
IATA: CMX – ICAO: KCMX – FAA LID: CMX
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Houghton County
Serves Hancock / Houghton (also Calumet, Laurium and Lake Linden)
Location Calumet, Michigan
Elevation AMSL 1,095 ft / 334 m
Coordinates 47°10′06″N 088°29′21″W / 47.16833°N 88.48917°W / 47.16833; -88.48917Coordinates: 47°10′06″N 088°29′21″W / 47.16833°N 88.48917°W / 47.16833; -88.48917
Map
CMX

Location of airport in Michigan

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 6,500 1,981 Asphalt
7/25 5,201 1,585 Asphalt
Statistics
Total passengers 51,850 Increase 11%
Total enplanements 26,094 Increase 11%
Aircraft operations (2014) 16,054
Based aircraft (2016) 25
Sources: FAA,[1] Airport website,[2]
Michigan DOT[3]

Houghton County Memorial Airport (IATA: CMX, ICAO: KCMX, FAA LID: CMX) is a county owned, public use airport located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) southwest of the central business district of Calumet, a village in Houghton County, Michigan, United States.[1] The airport is situated in the unincorporated community of Oneco in Franklin Township, near the village of Calumet on the Keweenaw Peninsula in northwest of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. A limited scheduled commercial service is available, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. In addition, Royale Air Service provides a seaplane service to Isle Royale National Park depending on traveler demand.

According to the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 25,354 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[4] 24,826 in 2009, and 21,186 in 2010.[5] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport.[6]

Facilities and aircraft

Former 1934 building in Laurium.

Houghton County Memorial Airport covers an area of 1,996 acres (808 ha) at an elevation of 1,095 feet (334 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 13/31 is 6,500 by 150 feet (1,981 x 46 m) and 7/25 is 5,201 by 100 feet (1,585 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2014, the airport had 16,054 aircraft operations, an average of 44 per day: 68% were general aviation, 19% scheduled commercial, 13% air taxi and less than 1% military. In 2016, 25 aircraft were based at the airport, all single-engine. [7]

Airlines and destinations

The following airline offers scheduled passenger service:

AirlinesDestinations
United Express Chicago-O'Hare

Statistics

Carrier shares: (Aug 2014 - Jul 2015)[8]
Carrier   Passengers (arriving and departing)
SkyWest
47,150(96.57%)
Sun Country
1,680(3.43%)
Top domestic destinations: (Aug 2014 - Jul 2015)[8]
Rank Destination Airport Passengers
1 Chicago, IL O'Hare International (ORD) 24,000
2 Bullhead City, AZ Laughlin/Bullhead International (IFP) 1,000

Cargo

FedEx Feeder is operated at the field by CSA Air.

References

  1. 1 2 3 FAA Airport Master Record for CMX (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
  2. ↑ Houghton County Memorial Airport, official website
  3. ↑ Michigan Department of Transportation. Measures of Michigan Air Carrier Demand, Michigan.gov, Retrieved January 9, 2013
  4. ↑ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009. External link in |work= (help)
  5. ↑ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011. External link in |work= (help)
  6. ↑ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. External link in |work= (help)
  7. ↑ http://www.airnav.com/airports/kcmx
  8. 1 2 "Hancock/Houghton, MI: Houghton County Memorial (CMX)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. December 2013. Retrieved Oct 2015.

Other sources

  • Essential Air Service documents (Docket OST-2009-0160) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
    • Ninety-day notice (July 15, 2009): from Mesaba Aviation, Inc. of its intent to discontinue unsubsidized scheduled air service at the following communities, effective October 12, 2009: Paducah, KY; Alpena, MI; Muskegon, MI; Hancock, MI; Sault Ste. Marie, MI; International Falls, MN; Tupelo, MS and Eau Claire, WI.
  • Essential Air Service documents (Docket OST-2009-0302) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
    • Memorandum (November 19, 2009): closing out docket DOT-2009-0160 and opening up eight new dockets for the various communities (Alpena, MI; Eau Claire, WI; Hancock/Houghton, MI; International Falls, MN; Muskegon, MI; Paducah, KY; Sault Ste. Marie, MI; Tupelo, MS).
    • Order 2009-10-8 (October 16, 2009): selecting SkyWest Airlines, Inc., d/b/a United Express, to provide subsidized essential air service (EAS) at Hancock/Houghton and Muskegon, Michigan, Paducah, Kentucky, and Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
    • Order 2012-1-24 (January 26, 2012): tentatively re-selecting SkyWest Airlines, Inc. to provide Essential Air Service (EAS) with subsidy rates as follows: Eau Claire, Wisconsin, $1,733,576; Hancock/Houghton, Michigan, $934,156; Muskegon, Michigan, $1,576,067; and Paducah, Kentucky, $1,710,775.
    • Order 2012-2-2 (February 1, 2012): makes final the selection of SkyWest Airlines, Inc., to provide Essential Air Service at Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Hancock/Houghton, Michigan; and Paducah, Kentucky (at Muskegon, the selection of SkyWest was not finalized at this time).
    • Order 2013-10-8 (October 21, 2013): reselecting Delta Air Lines, Inc., to provide Essential Air Service (EAS) at Pellston and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan; and SkyWest Airlines, at Paducah, Kentucky; Hancock/Houghton, and Muskegon, Michigan; and Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The Order also tentatively reselects American Airlines, at Watertown, New York. Hancock/Houghton, Michigan: Docket 2009-0302; Effective Period: January 1, 2014, through January 31, 2016; Service: Fourteen (14) nonstop round trips per week to Chicago O'Hare (ORD); Aircraft Type: CRJ-200; Annual Subsidy: $690,976.

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