Charlevoix Municipal Airport (ICAO: KCVX, FAA LID: CVX) is a city-owned, public-use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) southwest of the central business district of Charlevoix, a city in Charlevoix County, Michigan, United States.[1] It is mostly used for general aviation, but also offers passenger service to Beaver Island via Island Airways and Fresh Air Aviation.[3]

Charlevoix Municipal Airport
Aerial view, September 2007
IATA: none ICAO: KCVX FAA LID: CVX
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Charlevoix
Serves	Charlevoix, Michigan
Elevation AMSL	669 ft / 204 m
Coordinates	45°18′17″N 085°16′31″W
Website	cityofcharlevoix.org/...
Map
CVX Location of airport in Michigan Show map of Michigan CVX CVX (the United States) Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 4/22 1,280 390 Turf 9/27 4,550 1,387 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Total enplanements 16,852  13% Aircraft operations (2018) 30,000 Based aircraft (2018) 14
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1][2]

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 17,854 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[4] 15,427 enplanements in 2009, and 14,966 in 2010.[5] 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 primary commercial service facility.[6]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Charlevoix Municipal Airport is assigned CVX by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA.[7]

Facilities and aircraft

Charlevoix Municipal Airport covers an area of 185 acres (75 ha) at an elevation of 669 feet (204 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 9/27 is 4,550 by 75 feet (1,387 x 23 m) with an asphalt surface and 4/22 is 1,280 by 200 feet (390 x 61 m) with a turf surface.[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2018, the airport had 30,000 aircraft operations, an average of 82 per day: 59% general aviation, 40% air taxi, and 2% military. At that time there were 18 aircraft based at this airport: 11 single-engine and 5 multi-engine airplanes as well as two jets.[1][8]

Airlines and destinations

This section needs to be updated. (January 2022)

Accidents and incidents

• On September 13, 2019, a plane crash-landed at Charlevoix Municipal after having problems with its landing gear following a flight from Beaver Island. None of the nine aboard were injured.[11][12]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Charlevoix Municipal Airport.

• Charlevoix Municipal Airport at City of Charlevoix website
• "Charlevoix Municipal (CVX)" (PDF). (68.8 KB) at Michigan Airport Directory
• Aerial image as of April 1999 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Terminal Procedures for CVX, effective September 8, 2022
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for CVX
  • AirNav airport information for KCVX
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures

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