Alpena County Regional Airport

Alpena County Regional Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCounty of Alpena
ServesAlpena, Michigan
LocationMaple Ridge Township/
Wilson Township
Elevation AMSL690 ft / 210 m
Coordinates45°04′41″N 083°33′37″W / 45.07806°N 83.56028°W / 45.07806; -83.56028
WebsiteAlpenaAirport.com
Map
APN is located in Michigan
APN
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Location of airport in Michigan
APN is located in the United States
APN
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APN (the United States)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
01/19 9,001 2,744 Concrete
07/25 5,028 1,533 Concrete
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2021)5,252
Based aircraft (2021)23
Total passengers served (12 months ending January 2017)18,400

Alpena County Regional Airport (IATA: APN, ICAO: KAPN, FAA LID: APN) is a county-owned, public-use, joint civil-military airport in Alpena County, Michigan, United States.[1] The airport is located six nautical miles (7 mi, 11 km) west of the central business district of Alpena,[1] off of M-32 . It straddles the boundary between Maple Ridge Township on the north and Wilson Township on the south. It is mostly used for general aviation, but is also served by one commercial airline, an affiliate of Delta Connection, with freight services provided by an affiliate of FedEx Feeder

It is said to be the "Proud home of Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center," the host unit of the Michigan Air National Guard's Alpena Air National Guard Base.[3]

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 7,519 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[4] 7,638 enplanements in 2009, and 8,737 in 2010.[5] It is included in the FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a non-hub primary commercial service facility.[6]

The airport regularly hosts airshows and aircraft displays of antique aircraft. Aircraft like the B-29 Superfortress and the B-24 Liberator have made stops at the airport for access by the public.[7]

  1. ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for APN PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective May 25, 2017.
  2. ^ Michigan Department of Transportation. Measures of Michigan Air Carrier Demand Archived January 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Michigan.gov, Retrieved January 8, 2013
  3. ^ "APN – Alpena Regional Airport".
  4. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
  5. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2010 (PDF, 189 KB)" (PDF). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
  6. ^ "List of NPIAS Airports" (PDF). FAA.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. October 21, 2016. Retrieved November 23, 2016.
  7. ^ Hodge, Kevin (2022-07-27). "World War II Planes Coming to Alpena – WBKB 11". WBKB-TV. Retrieved 2023-02-15.