Charlevoix Municipal Airport
Aerial view, September 2007
IATA: none ICAO: KCVX FAA LID: CVX
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Charlevoix
Serves	Charlevoix, Michigan
Elevation  AMSL	669 ft / 204 m
Coordinates	45°18′17″N 085°16′31″W / 45.30472°N 85.27528°W / 45.30472; -85.27528
Website	cityofcharlevoix.org/...
Map
CVX Location of airport in Michigan
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 4/22 1,280 390 Turf 9/27 4,550 1,387 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Total enplanements 16,852  13% Aircraft operations (2018) 30,000 Based aircraft (2018) 14
Source: Federal Aviation Administration [1] [2]

Charlevoix Municipal Airport ( ICAO: KCVX, FAA LID: CVX) is a city-owned, public-use airport located one  nautical mile (2  km) southwest of the central business district of Charlevoix, a city in Charlevoix County, Michigan, United States. ^[1] It is mostly used for general aviation, but also offers passenger service to Beaver Island via Island Airways and Fresh Air Aviation. ^[3]

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 17,854 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, ^[4] 15,427 enplanements in 2009, and 14,966 in 2010. ^[5] 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 non primary commercial service facility. ^[6]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Charlevoix Municipal Airport is assigned CVX by the FAA ^[1] but has no designation from the IATA. ^[7]

Facilities and aircraft

Charlevoix Municipal Airport covers an area of 185 acres (75 ha) at an elevation of 669 feet (204 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 9/27 is 4,550 by 75 feet (1,387 x 23 m) with an asphalt surface and 4/22 is 1,280 by 200 feet (390 x 61 m) with a turf surface. ^[1]

The airport has a city-run fixed-base operator that offers fuel, general maintenance, a crew lounge, a conference room, and more. An expanded fuel farm became operational at the airport in 2022 to accommodate a sharp increase in traffic. ^{[8] [9]}

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2018, the airport had 30,000 aircraft operations, an average of 82 per day: 59% general aviation, 40% air taxi, and 2% military. At that time there were 18 aircraft based at this airport: 11 single-engine and 5 multi-engine airplanes as well as two jets. ^{[1] [10]}

Airlines and destinations

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Accidents and incidents

• On February 2, 2001, a Piper PA-34 Seneca collided with a runway light and snowbank while attempting to land in Charlevoix. The pilot reported that, during the landing roll, the aircraft veered right because there was too much aileron into the right crosswind. The pilot neutralized the controls, at which point the aircraft's left wing was lifted before the whole plane veered left, sliding over ice and into the snow bank. The probable cause was found to be that the pilot failed to maintain directional control of the airplane due to inadequate compensation for the wind conditions. ^[13]
• On June 24, 2011, a Beechcraft Bonanza crashed into a garage in Charlevoix while attempting to land at the airport. Authorities found the aircraft had stalled due to inadequate airspeed during an improper instrument approach procedure. ^[14]
• On September 13, 2019, a plane crash-landed at Charlevoix Municipal after having problems with its landing gear following a flight from Beaver Island. None of the nine aboard were injured. ^{[15] [16]}

See also

• List of airports in Michigan

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Charlevoix Municipal Airport.

• Charlevoix Municipal Airport at City of Charlevoix website
• "Charlevoix Municipal (CVX)" (PDF). (68.8  KB) at Michigan Airport Directory
• Aerial image as of April 1999 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Terminal Procedures for CVX, effective April 18, 2024
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for CVX
  • AirNav airport information for KCVX
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures