Manistee County Blacker Airport
Public airport in Manistee, Michigan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Manistee County Blacker Airport (IATA: MBL, ICAO: KMBL, FAA LID: MBL) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Manistee, a city in Manistee County, Michigan, United States. It is owned by the Manistee County Blacker Airport Authority[1] and is mostly used for general aviation.
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Manistee County-Blacker Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Manistee, Michigan / Ludington, Michigan | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 621 ft / 189 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 44°16′21″N 086°14′49″W | ||||||||||||||
Website | flymanistee.com | ||||||||||||||
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Until March 2012, Frontier Airlines provided service to Milwaukee (MKE), subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. On March 15, 2012, a bid to provide Manistee County Blacker Airport with service to and from Chicago Midway International Airport was approved by the USDOT. On May 25, 2012, the Chicago Department of Aviation announced that the route would be flown by Public Charters, Inc.[3] By 2023, Cape Air was flying out of Chicago’s O’Hare, and had codesharing or interline agreements with other carriers including American and United.[4]
The airport is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025, in which it is categorized as a local general aviation facility.[5]