Muskegon County Airport, is a public airport located four miles (6 km) south of the city of Muskegon in Norton Shores, Michigan, USA. The airport has two runways. It is mostly used for general aviation but is also served by United Express flying CRJ-200 regional jets to its Chicago-O'Hare hub. The airport and the county of Muskegon restored service to Chicago through the Essential Air Service program.
In 1927 the Greater Muskegon Chamber of Commerce began a campaign to establish the Muskegon County Airport. The Muskegon County Board of Commissioners approved the construction of the airport's first terminal in 1931. The Works Progress Administration (WPA) project cost the county $12,000.
United Airlines ended flights to Chicago (ORD) in October 1979. Muskegon County Airport was the recipient of both the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 Balchen/Post Awards for outstanding achievement in snow and ice control in the small commercial service airport category. Midwest Connect discontinued service to Milwaukee (MKE), effective September 2008. Also in September, the Airport was awarded a $650,000 federal Small Community Air Service grant to restore non-stop flights to Chicago-O'Hare International Airport.
Muskegon County Airport covers an area of 1,200 acres (486 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 6/24 measuring 6,501 x 150 ft (1,982 x 46 m) and 14/32 measuring 6,100 x 150 ft (1,859 x 46 m).
For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2010, the airport had 49,241 aircraft operations (down from 61,580 in 2008), an average of 135 per day: 93% general aviation, 5% air taxi, 1% military, and < 1% scheduled commercial. At that time there were 86 aircraft based at this airport: 62% single-engine, 26% multi-engine, 8% jet, 3% helicopter, and 1% military
Car rental agencies are available at the airport.
The Muskegon Area Transit System (MATS) route Harvey provides bus service to the airport.
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