SAWYER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

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'Sawyer International Airport' is a public airport located 17 miles (27 km) south of the central business district of Marquette, a city in Marquette County, Michigan, United States. The airport is publicly owned by Marquette County.
This commercial and general aviation airport is located near Gwinn, Michigan on a portion of the former K.I. Sawyer AFB, which closed in September 1995. The airport opened for passenger service in September 1999, serving Marquette and the surrounding area. It replaced the former Marquette County Airport which closed the same year.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Sawyer International is assigned 'SAW' by the FAA and 'MQT' by the IATA (which had previously assigned 'SAW' to Sabiha Gökçen International Airport in Istanbul, Turkey). The airport's ICAO identifier is 'KSAW'.
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Facilities and aircraft

Airlines and destinations

References

External links

Facilities and aircraft

Sawyer International Airport covers an area of 2,100 acres (850 ha). It has a single asphalt/concrete runway, 12,370 x 150 ft. (3,770 x 46 m), originally designed for B-52 bombers.
For 12-month period ending August 31, 2006, the airport had 39,440 aircraft operations, an average of 108 per day: 45% general aviation (17,602), 35% air taxi (13,612), 19% scheduled commercial (7,401) and 2% military (825). There are 44 aircraft based at this airport: 82% single engine (36), 14% multi engine (6), 2% jet aircraft (1) and 2% military (1).

Airlines and destinations

★ American Airlines

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★ American Eagle (Chicago-O'Hare, Green Bay, Madison, Milwaukee [Begins December 13th)

★ Midwest Airlines

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★ Midwest Connect operated by Skyway Airlines (Milwaukee) [ends September 30]

★ Northwest Airlines

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★ Northwest Airlink operated by Mesaba Airlines (Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul)

References

1. Great Circle Mapper: MQT / KSAW - Marquette, Michigan (Sawyer International Airport)
2. Great Circle Mapper: SAW / LTFJ - Istanbul, Turkey (Sabiha Gökçen International Airport)

External links

★ Sawyer International Airport (official site)

★ Michigan Airport Directory:

★ Photos of the closed Marquette County Airport