Cherry Capital Airport

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Cherry Capital Airport
Cherry Capital Airport TVC logo.jpg
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Cherry Capital Airport terminal
IATA: TVC – ICAO: KTVC – FAA LID: TVC
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Grand Traverse & Leelanau Counties
Serves Traverse City, Michigan
Elevation AMSL 624 ft / 190 m
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Website www.tvcairport.com
Maps
FAA airport diagram
FAA airport diagram
TVC is located in Michigan
TVC
TVC
Location of airport in Michigan
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 6,901 2,103 Asphalt
18/36 5,378 1,639 Asphalt
Statistics (2013)
Total passengers 378,241 Increase 4%
Total enplanements 190,286 Increase 4%
Aircraft operations (2012) 83,970 Increase <1%
Based aircraft (2012) 92 Increase 10%

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.[1]

This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).[3]

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.[2]

The airport had 378,241 total passengers in 2013, an increase from 362,059 total passengers in 2012 and 343,679 passengers in 2010.[2]

History

The airport's facility was previously on the North side of the East - West runway having the entrance on Munson Ave. The airport recently added a new and larger airport tower next to the older one.

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Former airport logo

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.[4]

Cherry Capital Airport was the recipient of the 2003–2004, 2004–2005, and 2005–2006 Balchen/Post Awards for outstanding achievement in snow and ice control in the small commercial service airport category.[5][6][7]

Soon,[when?] the airport will implement the first biometric access systems in the country.[4] The airport is the ninth to implement the advanced security measures suggested after the September 11, 2001, attacks.[4] 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 Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). at an elevation of Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). 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).[1]

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. At that time there were 92 aircraft based at this airport: 73% single-engine, 17% multi-engine, 3% jet, and 7% helicopter.[1]

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.[8]

The airport has two Fixed-Based Operators (FBOs): Harbour Air Services, LLC, an Air Elite, diamond-level service FBO, and AvFlight.

Airlines and destinations

The following passenger airlines provide scheduled service to and from Cherry Capital Airport:

Airlines Destinations
American Eagle Chicago-O'Hare
Delta Air Lines Seasonal: Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul
Delta Connection Detroit
Seasonal: Atlanta, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York-LaGuardia
United Express Chicago-O'Hare
Seasonal: Denver, Newark[9]

Top domestic destinations

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Airlines and Destinations served from Traverse City (as of July 2013)
Top Destinations from TVC (Aug 2014 - Jul 2015) [10]
Rank Airport Passengers Carriers
1 Chicago, IL (ORD) 93,000 American, United
2 Detroit, MI (DTW) 83,000 Delta
3 Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP) 17,000 Delta
4 New York City, NY (LGA) 3,000 Delta
5 Denver, CO (DEN) 2,000 United
5 Atlanta, GA (ATL) 2,000 Delta
7 Newark, NJ (EWR) 1,000 United

FedEx Feeder is operated at the field by CSA Air. UPS flights are operated by Freight Runners Express and AmeriFlight.

Accidents and incidents

  • Northwest Airlink Flight 4712 (operated by Pinnacle Airlines) was a Bombardier CRJ200 from Minneapolis-St. Paul "which overran the runway while landing at TVC during a snowstorm on April 12, 2007. The aircraft received substantial damage, but the 52 people on board were not injured. The Board determined that the probable cause of this accident was the pilots’ decision to land at TVC without performing a landing distance assessment, which was required by company policy. This poor decision-making likely reflected the effects of fatigue produced by a long, demanding duty day, and, for the captain, the duties associated with check airman functions. Contributing to the accident were 1) the Federal Aviation Administration pilot flight and duty time regulations that permitted the pilots’ long, demanding duty day and 2) the TVC operations supervisor’s use of ambiguous and unspecific radio phraseology in providing runway braking information. Four safety recommendations were issued to the FAA addressing timely post accident drug testing, training on landing distance assessment performance, ground operations personnel communications, and criteria for runway closures in snow and ice conditions. The NTSB adopted the report on June 10, 2008."[11]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 FAA Airport Master Record for TVC (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. December 12, 2013.
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  10. ↑ http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=TVC&Airport_Name=Traverse City, MI: Cherry Capital&carrier=FACTS
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