Grand Marais Airport (FAA LID: Y98) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southeast of the central business district of Grand Marais, a community in Burt Township, Alger County, Michigan, United States. The airport is owned by Burt Township.[1]

Grand Marais Airport
View of the main entrance and runway
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: Y98
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Burt Township
Serves	Grand Marais, Michigan
Elevation AMSL	838 ft / 255 m
Coordinates	46°37′15″N 085°55′08″W
Map
Y98 Location of airport in Michigan Show map of Michigan Y98 Y98 (the United States) Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 14/32 2,800 853 Turf 5/23 2,600 792 Turf
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2015) 100 Based aircraft (2017) 1
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Facilities and aircraft

Grand Marais Airport covers an area of 160 acres (65 ha) at an elevation of 838 feet (255 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways with turf surfaces: 5/23 is 2,600 by 150 feet (792 x 46 m) and 14/32 is 2,800 by 100 feet (853 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2017, the airport had 100 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 9 per month. In July 2020, there was 1 aircraft based at this airport: 1 single-engine.[1]

Events

In mid June, the neighboring harbor at Grand Marais is the site for an annual sea plane fly-in hosted by the Grand Marais Pilots Association on behalf of the National Seaplane Pilots Association.[2]

References

External links

• Aerial photo as of 6 May 1993 from USGS The National Map

• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for Y98
  • AirNav airport information for Y98
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for Y98