Cheboygan County Airport is a public use

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located two nautical miles (3.7 km) west of the

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of Cheboygan, a city in

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. It is owned by the Cheboygan Airport Authority. It is included in the

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(FAA)

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for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a basic

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facility. The airport is accessible from Levering Road and is close to US Highway 23. Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter

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for the FAA and

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, this airport is assigned SLH by the FAA and no designation from the IATA (which assigned SLH to Sola Airport on

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, one of the

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, in

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Facilities and aircraft

Cheboygan County Airport covers an area of at an

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of 639 feet (195 m) above

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. It has two

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s: 10/28 is 4,005 by 75 feet (1,221 x 23 m) with an

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pavement and 16/34 is 1,600 by 75 feet (488 x 23 m) with a

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surface. The airport has a

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that offers fuel, hangaring, general maintenance, courtesy transportation, a conference room, a crew lounge, and more. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2018, the airport had 6,812

aircraft operations, an average of 131 per week. At that time there were 18 aircraft based at this airport: 18 single-engine and 1 multi-engine

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. The airport is staffed between 8:30 AM and 4:30 PM.

Accidents and incidents

*On December 5, 2017, a

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was substantially damaged upon landing. The pilot reported an suddenly-excessive rate of descent on approach. He tried applying power, but the aircraft touched down hard and there was an audible pop. The airplane exited the runway to the right and struck runway lights. The probable cause was found to be the pilot’s failure to maintain the airplane’s rate of descent in gusting wind conditions resulting in a hard landing and runway excursion. *On June 30, 2021, a Cessna 172RG experienced an emergency landing at the airport when its landing gear failed to deploy. The sole pilot aboard was uninjured.

References

External links

Cheboygan County Airport
official site * at the

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Airport Directory
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Facilities and aircraft

Accidents and incidents

See also

References

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