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Cherry Capital Airport terminal
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Grand Traverse & Leelanau Counties | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Traverse City, Michigan | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 624 ft / 190 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 44°44′30″N 085°34′56″W / 44.74167°N 85.58222°WCoordinates: 44°44′30″N 085°34′56″W / 44.74167°N 85.58222°W | ||||||||||||||
Website | www |
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Location of airport in Michigan/United States | |||||||||||||||
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Sources: FAA,Michigan DOT
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Total passengers | 429,364 8% |
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Total enplanements | 214,684 7.4% |
Aircraft operations (2012) | 83,970 <1% |
Based aircraft (2016) | 97 |
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.
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 non-hub primary commercial service facility.f>
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.
The airport had 429,364 passengers travel in and out in the 2015 calendar year.
The airport's facility was previously on the north side of the East - West runway having the entrance on Parsons Ave. The airport recently added a new and larger airport tower next to the older one.
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.
Cherry Capital Airport was the recipient of the 2003–04, 2004–05, and 2005–06 Balchen/Post Awards for outstanding achievement in snow and ice control in the small commercial service airport category.