Mackinac Island Airport (IATA: MCD, ICAO: KMCD, FAA LID: MCD) is a public use airport in Mackinac County, Michigan, United States. It is located one nautical mile (1.9 km) northwest of downtown Mackinac Island, Michigan in the center of Mackinac Island. The airport is owned by Mackinac Island State Park Commission. 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 basic general aviation facility.[2]

Mackinac Island Airport
Aerial view of Mackinac Island Airport as of May, 2007
IATA: MCD ICAO: KMCD FAA LID: MCD
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Mackinac Island State Park Commission
Serves	Mackinac Island, Michigan
Elevation AMSL	739 ft / 225 m
Coordinates	45°51′54″N 084°38′14″W
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 8/26 3,501 1,067 Concrete
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2018) 11,100 Based aircraft (2018) 1
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]
Mackinac Island Airport
U.S. National Historic Landmark District Contributing Property
Part of	Mackinac Island (ID66000397)
Added to NRHP	October 9, 1960

Mackinac Island Airport started as a grass strip in 1934. It got a paved runway in 1963 and a terminal building in 1969. A $4.6 million project in 2011-2012 moved the runway 65 feet east to a flatter location.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Mackinac Island Airport covers an area of 125 acres (51 ha) at an elevation of 739 feet (225 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 8/26 with a concrete surface measuring 3,501 by 75 feet (1,067 x 23 m).

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2018, the airport had 11,100 aircraft operations, with an average of 30 per day: 32% air taxi and 68% general aviation. In this period, there was only 1 aircraft reported based at the airport, a multi-engine aircraft.

• The airport is staffed September through May from 7:30AM until 5:30PM, and June through August from 8AM until 5PM.
• There is no fuel available at Mackinac Island Airport. The closest FBOs with fuel are in St. Ignace, Cheboygan, and Pellston.
• No camping is allowed on Mackinac Island, but nearby Bois Blanc island has an airstrip and allows camping at the field.
• Pilot Controlled Lighting is on 122.8, and UNICOM is on 122.7.
• The airport has MIRL lights and PAPI lights on each direction.

Island transit

• The airport is accessible by road from Annex Road, and is close to (but not directly accessible from) M-185, Michigan's only highway that prohibits vehicles. One special note is that no motorized vehicles with the exception of city emergency vehicles (police, fire and ambulance), city service vehicles and snowmobiles in winter are allowed on Mackinac Island. Travel on the island is accomplished on foot, bicycle, horse or horse-drawn carriage.
• Walking: The airport is about 1.6 miles by paved road from Market Street and the downtown area shops and restaurants.
• Taxi: The Mackinac Island Taxi Service (owned and operated by Carriage Tours) runs horse-drawn taxi carriages 24 hours a day from May to October, with limited hours from November to April.
• Bicycles: There are no bicycle rentals available at the airport, but there are several bicycle rental businesses downtown. Some private bikes can be stored in the racks outside the airport terminal.

Airlines and destinations

This section does not cite any sources. (January 2022)

Incidents and accidents

• On July 13, 2010, a privately owned Beechcraft Baron 58, registered as N3081N, en route from Mackinac Island Airport to Chicago Executive Airport crashed shortly after takeoff from Mackinac County Airport where it had stopped to refuel. Four Israeli-American citizens were killed, and another was seriously injured.
• On December 3, 2011, a Great Lakes Air Piper PA-32-260 registered as N33315 crashed en route from St. Ignace, killing both passengers.
• In July and August 2013, a Cessna 172 and ERCO Ercoupe experienced weather issues on the runway, causing substantial damage to both aircraft.

References

External links

• Mackinac Island Airport official Facebook page
• Mackinac Island Airport webpage
• Mackinac Island Tourism Bureau
• Great Lakes Air Inc.
• "Mackinac Island (MCD)" (PDF). at Michigan DOT Airport Directory
• Aerial image as of April 1998 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Terminal Procedures for MCD, effective June 16, 2022

• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for MCD
  • AirNav airport information for KMCD
  • ASN accident history for MCD
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures

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