Manistee County-Blacker Airport
| Manistee County Blacker Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Manistee County-Blacker Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Manistee, Michigan / Ludington, Michigan | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 621 ft / 189 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 44°16′21″N 086°14′49″W / 44.27250°N 86.24694°WCoordinates: 44°16′21″N 086°14′49″W / 44.27250°N 86.24694°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www.ManisteeAirport.com | ||||||||||||||
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| Total passengers (2015) | 9,365  |
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| Total enplanements (2015) | 4,685 |
| Aircraft operations (2014) | 6,865 |
| Based aircraft (2017) | 11 |
Manistee County Blacker Airport (IATA: MBL, ICAO: KMBL, FAA LID: MBL) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Manistee, a city in Manistee County, Michigan, United States. It is owned by the Manistee County Blacker Airport Authority and is mostly used for general aviation.
Until March 2012 Frontier Airlines provided service to Milwaukee (MKE), subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. On March 15, 2012, a bid to provide Manistee County Blacker Airport with service to and from Chicago Midway International Airport was approved by the USDOT. On May 25, 2012, the Chicago Department of Aviation announced that the route will be flown by Public Charters, Inc.
As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 2,087 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 2,735 in 2009, and 3,413 in 2010. 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 local general aviation facility.
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