Cherry Capital Airport
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| IATA: TVC – ICAO: KTVC – FAA LID: TVC | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Grand Traverse & Leelanau Counties | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Traverse City, Michigan | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 624 ft / 190 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 44°44′30″N 085°34′56″W / 44.74167°N 85.58222°WCoordinates: 44°44′30″N 085°34′56″W / 44.74167°N 85.58222°W | ||||||||||||||
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Cherry Capital Airport (IATA: TVC, ICAO: KTVC, FAA LID: TVC) is a public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) southeast of the central business district of Traverse City, in Grand Traverse County, Michigan, United States. It is owned by Grand Traverse and Leelanau counties.[1]
This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).[3]
Cherry Capital Airport had 190,286 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2013, an increase from 182,616 enplanements in 2012 and 167,488 in 2010.[2]
The airport had 429,364 passengers travel in and out in the 2015 calendar year.
History
The airport's facility was previously on the North side of the East - West runway having the entrance on Parsons Ave. The airport recently added a new and larger airport tower next to the older one.
 Former airport logo |
In the fall of 2004, Cherry Capital opened a new terminal demolishing the old one and reconfiguring the runways. Since then, Cherry Capital Airport has continued to grow with various carriers adding seasonal service and destinations.[4]
Cherry Capital Airport was the recipient of the 2003–2004, 2004–2005, and 2005–2006 Balchen/Post Awards for outstanding achievement in snow and ice control in the small commercial service airport category.[5][6][7]
Soon, the airport will implement the first biometric access systems in the country.[4] The airport is the ninth to implement the advanced security measures suggested after the September 11, 2001, attacks.[4] This terminal is able to comply better with security regulations and supports a greater number of flights and passengers.
Facilities and aircraft
The Airport has one concourse with six gates. Cherry Capital Airport covers an area of 1,026 acres (415 ha) at an elevation of 624 feet (190 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 10/28 is 6,901 by 150 feet (2,103 x 46 m) and 18/36 is 5,378 by 150 feet (1,639 x 46 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2012, the airport had 83,970 aircraft operations (down from 92,483 in 2008), an average of 230 per day: 79% general aviation, 10% scheduled commercial, 11% military, and <1% air taxi. At that time there were 92 aircraft based at this airport: 73% single-engine, 17% multi-engine, 3% jet, and 7% helicopter.[1]
In February 2009, Forbes magazine ranked Cherry Capital Airport second in their list of the top ten "rip-off" airports in the United States, citing an average cost per mile to travelers departing TVC of 41 cents.[8]
The airport has two Fixed-Based Operators (FBOs): (1) Harbour Air Services, LLC, an Air Elite, diamond-level service FBO, and (2) AvFlight.
Airlines and destinations
Air service reflects the tourism season in Traverse City. In the winter, there are as few as 8 daily flights, and in the summer, there are nearly 30 daily flights. The following passenger airlines provide scheduled service to and from Cherry Capital Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| American Eagle | Chicago-O'Hare |
| Delta Air Lines | Detroit Seasonal: Minneapolis/St. Paul |
| Delta Connection | Detroit Seasonal: Atlanta, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York-LaGuardia |
| United Express | Chicago-O'Hare Seasonal: Denver, Newark[9] |
Top domestic destinations
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| Rank | Airport | Passengers | Carriers |
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| 1 | Chicago, IL (ORD) | 99,000 | American, United |
| 2 | Detroit, MI (DTW) | 85,000 | Delta |
| 3 | Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP) | 17,000 | Delta |
| 4 | New York City, NY (LGA) | 3,000 | Delta |
| 5 | Denver, CO (DEN) | 2,000 | United |
| 5 | Atlanta, GA (ATL) | 2,000 | Delta |
| 7 | Newark, NJ (EWR) | 1,000 | United |
FedEx Feeder is operated at the field by CSA Air. UPS flights are operated by Freight Runners Express and AmeriFlight.
Accidents and incidents
- Northwest Airlink Flight 4712 (operated by Pinnacle Airlines) was a Bombardier CRJ200 from Minneapolis-St. Paul "which overran the runway while landing at TVC during a snowstorm on April 12, 2007. The aircraft received substantial damage, but the 52 people on board were not injured. The Board determined that the probable cause of this accident was the pilots’ decision to land at TVC without performing a landing distance assessment, which was required by company policy. This poor decision-making likely reflected the effects of fatigue produced by a long, demanding duty day, and, for the captain, the duties associated with check airman functions. Contributing to the accident were 1) the Federal Aviation Administration pilot flight and duty time regulations that permitted the pilots’ long, demanding duty day and 2) the TVC operations supervisor’s use of ambiguous and unspecific radio phraseology in providing runway braking information. Four safety recommendations were issued to the FAA addressing timely post accident drug testing, training on landing distance assessment performance, ground operations personnel communications, and criteria for runway closures in snow and ice conditions. The NTSB adopted the report on June 10, 2008."[11]
References
- 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for TVC (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. December 12, 2013.
- 1 2 "Measures of Michigan Air Carrier Demand". Michigan Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
- ↑ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB)" (PDF). 2011–2015 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.
- 1 2 3 "New State-of-the-Art Terminal". Cherry Capital Airport. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007.
- ↑ "2003–2004 Balchen/Post Awards". Northeast Chapter American Association of Airport Executives. May 12, 2004. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
- ↑ "2004–2005 Balchen/Post Awards". Northeast Chapter American Association of Airport Executives. April 27, 2005. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
- ↑ "2005–2006 Balchen/Post Awards". Northeast Chapter American Association of Airport Executives. April 26, 2006. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
- ↑ "America's Rip-Off Airports". Forbes.com. February 16, 2009.
- ↑ Werly, Roxanne (February 25, 2013). "Traverse City air passengers have new direct flight option to east coast". UpNorthLive.com. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
- ↑ http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=TVC&Airport_Name=Traverse City, MI: Cherry Capital&carrier=FACTS
- ↑ "2008 Annual Report to Congress" (PDF). National Transportation Safety Board. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 14, 2009.
External links
- Official website
- Traverse City, Cherry Capital (TVC) page from Michigan Bureau of Aeronautics
- KTVC Forums
- Aviation photos: Traverse City - Cherry Capital (Municipal) (TVC / KTVC) from Airliners.net
- Aerial image as of 27 April 1998 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective April 28, 2016
- FAA Terminal Procedures for TVC, effective April 28, 2016
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KTVC
- ASN accident history for TVC
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KTVC
- FAA current TVC delay information
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