Chippewa County International Airport

Chippewa County International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerChippewa County EDC
ServesSault Ste. Marie, Michigan
Elevation AMSL799 ft / 244 m
Coordinates46°15′03″N 084°28′21″W / 46.25083°N 84.47250°W / 46.25083; -84.47250
Websitewww.AirCIU.com
Map
CIU is located in Michigan
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Location of airport in Michigan
CIU is located in the United States
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CIU (the United States)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 7,203 2,195 Concrete
10/28 5,000 1,524 Asphalt
Statistics
Passenger volume (12 months ending February 2020)48,540
Departing passengers (12 months ending February 2020)24,430
Aircraft operations (2019)3,457
Based aircraft (2020)14
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Chippewa County International Airport-2006-USGS

Chippewa County International Airport (IATA: CIU, ICAO: KCIU, FAA LID: CIU) is a public use airport in Chippewa County, Michigan, United States.[1] It is located 15 nautical miles (17 mi; 28 km) south of the central business district of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.[1] The airport is owned by the Chippewa County Economic Development Corporation.[1] It was formerly Kincheloe Air Force Base, which closed in 1977.

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-hub primary commercial service facility.[3]

The airport received $1.1 million in 2020 as part of the federal CARES act to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The money went towards helping maintain operations and complete upgrades during the pandemic-induced travel downturn.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for CIU PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective September 10, 2020.
  2. ^ Michigan Department of Transportation. Measures of Michigan Air Carrier Demand Archived 2013-01-29 at the Wayback Machine, Michigan.gov, Retrieved January 8, 2013
  3. ^ "List of NPIAS Airports" (PDF). FAA.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Feds drop financial fuel to Michigan airports". Up North Live. 14 April 2020. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
  5. ^ "USDOT announces nearly $23M for Upper Michigan airports in response to COVID-19". Upper Michigan's Source. April 14, 2020. Retrieved February 11, 2023.