Michigan | Business Air News

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Business aviation in Michigan

Federal Aviation Administration - www.faa.gov

Based business air charter operators:
47

Based business aircraft available for charter:
215

Business air charter brokers:
9

Most prevalent charter types:

1	Learjet 35/36	31
2	Falcon 20/200	31
3	Hawker 750/800/900	12
4	Beechcraft King Air 200	10
5	Commander 500/680	8
6	Learjet 45	7
7	Citation 560XL	7
8	Pilatus PC-12	6
9	Learjet 70/75	6
10	Challenger 300	5
11	Falcon 2000	4
12	Britten Norman BN-2 Islander	4
13	Sikorsky S-61	4
14	Challenger 604	3
15	TBM700/850/900	3
16	Cessna Citation CJ3	3
17	Citation 550/551	3
18	Citation Sovereign	3
19	Falcon 2000 EASy	3
20	Challenger 601	3
21	Cirrus Vision Jet	3
22	Cessna Citation CJ4	3
23	Gulfstream G500/G550	3
24	Bell 430	3
25	Partenavia P.68	2
26	Beechcraft King Air 90	2
27	Cessna Citation CJ2	2
28	Sikorsky S-76	2
29	Learjet 40	2
30	Gulfstream G500/G600	2
31	CASA C-212	2
32	Citation 560	2
33	Learjet 55	2
34	Citation 650	2
35	Challenger 605	2
36	Pilatus PC-24	2
37	Cessna 400 series	2
38	Falcon 50	2
39	Citation X	1
40	Cessna 300 series	1
41	Gulfstream G400/G450	1
42	Gulfstream G280	1
43	Beechcraft Twin Piston	1
44	Falcon 900EASy	1
45	Bell 407	1
46	Citation M2	1
47	Fairchild Swearingen Metro/Merlin	1
48	Piper PA-31T	1
49	Boeing B-737	1
50	Embraer Legacy 500	1
51	Gulfstream G100 series/Astra	1
52	Learjet 60	1
53	Beechcraft 1900	1
54	Cessna 441	1
55	Robinson R66	1
56	Nextant 400XT	1
57	Airbus Helicopters H125/AS350	1

Major business aviation airports:

1	Pontiac (Oakland County)	31 business aviation companies active
2	Detroit (Willow Run)	13
3	Grand Rapids (Gerald Ford International)	12
4	Battle Creek (Battle Creek Executive at Kellogg Field)	9
5	Traverse City (Cherry Capital)	7
6	Kalamazoo/Battle Creek	7
7	Detroit Metropolitan	6
8	Howell (Livingston County/Spencer J. Hardy)	5
9	Ann Arbor Municipal	5
10	Iron Mountain/Kingsford (Ford)	5
11	Lansing (Capital Region)	5
12	Muskegon County	5
13	Holland (West Michigan Regional)	5
14	Canton Plymouth-Mettetal	4
15	Gaylord Regional	4
16	Lambertville (Toledo Suburban)	4
17	Charlevoix Municipal	4
18	Grand Ledge Abrams Municipal	4
19	Flint (Bishop International)	4
20	Detroit (Coleman A. Young)	4
21	Marquette (Sawyer Regional)	3
22	Caro Tuscola Area	3
23	Cadillac (Wexford County)	3
24	Sturgis (Kirsch Municipal)	3
25	Benton Harbor (Southwest Michigan Regional)	3
26	Jackson (Reynolds Field)	3
27	Menominee Regional	3
28	Saginaw (MBS International)	3
29	Alpena County Regional	3
30	Paul C Miller/Sparta	2
31	Pellston Regional Airport of Emmet County	2
32	Oscoda Wurtsmith	2
33	Detroit/Grosse Ile (Grosse Ile Municipal)	2
34	Coldwater (Branch County Memorial)	2
35	Mount Pleasant Municipal	2
36	Manistee Co Blacker	2
37	South Haven Area Regional	2
38	Ludington (Mason County)	2
39	Ironwood (Gogebic Iron County)	2
40	Manistique (Schoolcraft County)	2
41	Saginaw County H.W. Browne	2
42	Gladwin Zettel Memorial	2
43	Fremont Municipal	2
44	Escanaba (Delta County)	2
45	Romeo State	2
46	Hancock (Houghton County Memorial)	2
47	Boyne Falls (Boyne Mountain)	2
48	Bad Axe (Huron County Memorial)	2
49	Alma (Gratiot Community)	2
50	Adrian (Lenawee County)	2
51	Bellaire (Antrim County)	2
52	Sault Ste Marie (Sanderson Field)	2
53	Sault Ste Marie (Chippewa County)	2
54	Port Huron (St Clair County)	2
55	Iron River (Stambaugh)	1
56	Hillsdale Municipal	1
57	Lewiston (Garland)	1
58	St Ignace (Mackinac County)	1
59	Ann Arbor (UMMC Heliport)	0
60	Zeeland Ottawa Executive	0
61	Hillman	0
62	East Jordan City	0
63	Atlanta Municipal	0
64	Kalkaska City	0
65	Sandusky City	0
66	Ionia County	0
67	Indian River Calvin Campbell Municipal	0
68	New Hudson Oakland Southwest	0
69	West Branch Community	0
70	Oakland Troy	0
71	Monroe (Custer)	0
72	Mason Jewett Field	0
73	Cheboygan County	0
74	Beaver Island	0
75	Big Rapids Roben Hood	0
76	Owosso Community	0
77	Marshall Brooks Field	0
78	Reed City (Nartron Field)	0
79	Rogers City Presque Isle County	0
80	Ontonagon County Schuster Field	0
81	Boyne City Municipal	0
82	Mount Clemens (Selfridge Angb)	0
83	Harbor Springs	0
84	Mackinac Island	0
85	Houghton Lake Roscommon County - Blodgett Memorial	0
86	Holland Park Township	0
87	Three Rivers Municipal Dr Haines	0
88	Grayling Army Air Field	0
89	Charlotte Fitch H Beach	0
90	Frankfort Dow Memorial Field	0
91	Newberry Luce County	0
92	Drummond Island	0
93	Dupont-Lapeer	0
94	Weidman Ojibwa Airpark	0
95	Dowagiac Municipal	0
96	Berrien Springs Andrews University Airpark	0
97	Hart/Shelby Oceana County	0
98	Linden Prices	0
99	Hastings	0
100	Evart Municipal	0
101	Harrison Clare County	0
102	Baldwin Municipal	0
103	Marlette	0
104	Marine City	0
105	Bois Blanc Island Bois Blanc	0
106	Davison Athelone Williams Memorial	0
107	East Tawas (Iosco County)	0
108	Greenville Municipal	0
109	Hessel Albert J Lindberg	0
110	Crystal Falls Iron County	0
111	Gaylord Lakes of the North	0
112	Clare Municipal	0
113	Brighton	0
114	Niles Jerry Tyler Memorial	0
115	Roscommon Conservation	0
116	Grand Haven Memorial Airpark	0
117	Bay City James Clements Municipal	0
118	Midland Jack Barstow	0
119	Allegan Padgham Field	0
120	Durand (Waite Field)	0
121	Lakeview-Airport-Griffith Field	0
122	Jenison Riverview	0

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