Cherry Capital Airport (IATA: TVC, ICAO: KTVC, FAA LID: TVC) is a public use airport located two nautical miles (2.3 mi; 3.7 km) southeast of the central business district of Traverse City in Grand Traverse County, Michigan, United States. It is owned by Grand Traverse and Leelanau counties.[2]

Cherry Capital Airport
Cherry Capital Airport terminal
IATA: TVC ICAO: KTVC FAA LID: TVC
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Grand Traverse & Leelanau Counties
Serves	Traverse City, Michigan
Elevation AMSL	624 ft / 190 m
Coordinates	44°44′30″N 085°34′56″W
Website	www.tvcairport.com
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 10/28 7,016 2,138 Asphalt 18/36 5,378 1,639 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Total passengers 429,364 Aircraft operations 84,773
Sources: Michigan DOT[1]

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-hub primary commercial service facility.[3]

History

Cherry Capital Airport was opened in 1936 as Traverse City Airport, replacing Ransom Field.[4] The airport was moved onto the Coast Guard Air Station, which had opened in 1946. The airport opened with four runways, all but one of which have been replaced. Remnants of the former runways exist to this day, with some being left abandoned and privately owned.

In the fall of 2004, Cherry Capital opened a new terminal on the south side of the east-west runway, demolishing the old one on the north side. This project also reconfigured the runways, marking the removal of the third diagonal runway. Since then, Cherry Capital Airport has continued to grow with various carriers adding seasonal service and destinations.[5]

Cherry Capital Airport was the recipient of the 2003–04, 2004–05, and 2005–06 Balchen/Post Awards for outstanding achievement in snow and ice control in the small commercial service airport category.[6][7][8] Soon,^[when?] the airport will implement the first biometric access systems in the country.[5] The airport is the ninth to implement the advanced security measures suggested after the September 11, 2001, attacks.[5] This terminal is able to comply better with security regulations and supports a greater number of flights and passengers.

In 2013 and 2017, the airport extended the east-west runway to accommodate more flights to more locations, possibly to upgrade to an international airport for Air Canada Express flights.[9][10]

In October 2017, a Costco store opened next to the airport entrance on a property leased to the warehouse chain for 60 years.[11]

Facilities and aircraft

The Airport has one concourse with six gates. Cherry Capital Airport covers an area of 1,026 acres (415 ha) at an elevation of 624 feet (190 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 10/28 is 7,016 by 150 feet (2,138 by 46 m) and 18/36 is 5,378 by 150 feet (1,639 by 46 m).[2][12]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2021, the airport had 101,106 aircraft operations , an average of 277 per day: 75% general aviation, 11% scheduled commercial, 8% air taxi, and 6% military. At that time, there were 125 aircraft based at this airport: 98 single-engine, 15 multi-engine, 5 helicopter, and 7 jet.[2]

In February 2009, Forbes magazine ranked Cherry Capital Airport second in their list of the top ten "rip-off" airports in the United States, citing an average cost per mile to travelers departing TVC of 41 cents.[13]

The airport has one fixed-base operator, AvFlight.

Ground transportation

The Bay Area Transportation Authority (BATA) serves the airport terminal and links to downtown Traverse City as well as other locations in the surrounding area.[14]

Airlines and destinations

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Destinations map
Traverse City Atlanta Boston Chicago–O'Hare Denver Detroit Minneapolis/St. Paul Newark New York–LaGuardia Orlando/Sanford Phoenix-Mesa Punta Gorda St. Petersburg/Clearwater Washington–Dulles Washington–National Destinations from Cherry Capital Airport Red = Year-round destination Green = Seasonal destination Blue = Future destination Pink = Destination being terminated

Top domestic destinations

Accidents and incidents

• Northwest Airlink Flight 4712 (operated by Pinnacle Airlines) was a Bombardier CRJ200 from Minneapolis-St. Paul which overran the runway while landing at TVC during a snowstorm on April 12, 2007. In its Report to Congress, the National Transportation Safety Board wrote that "the aircraft received substantial damage, but the 52 people on board were not injured. The Board determined that the probable cause of this accident was the pilots' decision to land at TVC without performing a landing distance assessment, which was required by company policy. This poor decision-making likely reflected the effects of fatigue produced by a long, demanding duty day, and, for the captain, the duties associated with performing check airman functions. Contributing to the accident were the Federal Aviation Administration pilot flight and duty time regulations that permitted the pilots' long, demanding duty day and the TVC operations supervisor's use of ambiguous and unspecific radio phraseology in providing runway braking information. Four safety recommendations were issued to the FAA addressing timely post-accident drug testing, training on landing distance assessment performance, ground operations personnel communications, and criteria for runway closures in snow and ice conditions. The NTSB adopted the report on June 10, 2008."[18]

References

External links

• Official website
• Traverse City, Cherry Capital (TVC) page] at the Wayback Machine (archived September 28, 2011) from Michigan Bureau of Aeronautics
• * KTVC Forums at the Wayback Machine (archived September 29, 2007)
• Aviation photos: Traverse City - Cherry Capital (Municipal) (TVC / KTVC) from Airliners.net
• Aerial image as of 27 April 1998 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective October 6, 2022
• FAA Terminal Procedures for TVC, effective October 6, 2022
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KTVC
  • ASN accident history for TVC
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KTVC
  • FAA current TVC delay information

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