Michigan | Business Air News

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Business aviation in Michigan

Federal Aviation Administration - www.faa.gov

Based business air charter operators:
49

Based business aircraft available for charter:
229

Business air charter brokers:
10

Most prevalent charter types:

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

Major business aviation airports:

1	Pontiac (Oakland County)	31 business aviation companies active
2	Grand Rapids (Gerald Ford International)	14
3	Detroit (Willow Run)	14
4	Detroit Metropolitan	8
5	Battle Creek (Battle Creek Executive at Kellogg Field)	8
6	Traverse City (Cherry Capital)	7
7	Kalamazoo/Battle Creek	7
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	Hancock (Houghton County Memorial)	3
23	Caro Tuscola Area	3
24	Cadillac (Wexford County)	3
25	Sturgis (Kirsch Municipal)	3
26	Benton Harbor (Southwest Michigan Regional)	3
27	Jackson (Reynolds Field)	3
28	Menominee Regional	3
29	Saginaw (MBS International)	3
30	Alpena County Regional	3
31	Paul C Miller/Sparta	2
32	Pellston Regional Airport of Emmet County	2
33	Oscoda Wurtsmith	2
34	Detroit/Grosse Ile (Grosse Ile Municipal)	2
35	Coldwater (Branch County Memorial)	2
36	Mount Pleasant Municipal	2
37	Manistee County/ Blacker	2
38	South Haven Area Regional	2
39	Ludington (Mason County)	2
40	Ironwood (Gogebic Iron County)	2
41	Manistique (Schoolcraft County)	2
42	Saginaw County H.W. Browne	2
43	Gladwin Zettel Memorial	2
44	Fremont Municipal	2
45	Escanaba (Delta County)	2
46	Romeo State	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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