Houghton County Memorial Airport

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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 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Map
CMX is located in Michigan
CMX
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.

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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:

Airlines Destinations
United Express Chicago-O'Hare

Statistics

Carrier shares: (Dec 2014 - Nov 2015)[8]
Carrier   Passengers (arriving and departing)
SkyWest
48,460(96.05%)
Sun Country
2,000(3.95%)
Top domestic destinations: (Dec 2014 - Nov 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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ http://www.airnav.com/airports/kcmx
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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.

External links

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