Bishop International Airport

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Bishop International Airport
Bishop International Airport air traffic control tower in 2012
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorBishop International Airport Authority
ServesFlint, Michigan
Location3425 W. Bristol Road
Flint, Michigan, 48507
United States
Operating base forAllegiant Air[1]
Elevation AMSL782 ft / 238 m
Coordinates42°57′56″N 083°44′36″W / 42.96556°N 83.74333°W / 42.96556; -83.74333
Public transit accessBus interchange Flint MTA 11
Websitewww.bishopairport.org
Maps
FAA airport diagram
FAA airport diagram
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 7,849 2,392 Asphalt
09/27 7,201 2,195 Asphalt
Statistics (12 months ending July 2021 except where noted)
Aircraft operations (2021)44,632
Based aircraft (2021)93
Total passengers served396,000
Departing passengers199,000
Scheduled flights4,073
Cargo handled31 million lbs.

Bishop International Airport (IATA: FNT, ICAO: KFNT, FAA LID: FNT) is a commercial and general aviation airport located in Flint, Michigan, United States. It is named after banker and General Motors board member Arthur Giles Bishop (April 12, 1851 – January 22, 1944), who donated 220 acres of his farmland for the airport in 1928.[4][5] It is located in southwestern Flint, and is surrounded by Flint Township to the north, east and west; and Mundy Township to the south.

The third busiest airport in Michigan after those of Detroit and Grand Rapids, it surpassed competitor MBS near Saginaw in terms of airline operations in 2002. 1,071,238 passengers used Bishop International Airport in 2007; 938,914 passengers used the airport in 2011.[6][needs update]

It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025, in which it is categorized as a non-hub primary commercial service facility.[7]

The airport is currently served by three passenger airlines: Allegiant Air operates mainline service out of the airport, and regional services are provided by affiliates of United Express and American Eagle. The airlines offer passenger flights to 13 cities across the United States. The airport became a focus city for Allegiant on February 19, 2022.[1] The airport also includes a freight terminal used by FedEx Express and an affiliate of FedEx Feeder.

Accompanying the airlines is fixed-base operator AvFlight, which handles both general aviation and airline operations.[8] Also based at the airport are flight schools Greater Flint Pilots Association, American Wings Aviation, and Crosswinds Aviation.[9][10][11]

  1. ^ a b "Allegiant Announces New Aircraft And Crew Bases In Appleton, Wisconsin and Flint, Michigan". Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  2. ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for FNT PDF, effective November 4, 2021.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference transtats.bts.gov was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Fly through Bishop Airport history with 46 old photos The Flint Journal via MLive.com, March 5, 2015
  5. ^ Picture History of Flint: U.S. Bicentennial Edition, Edited by Lawrence R. Gustin, Published in 1976 by The Flint Journal, ISBN 0-8028-7036-8
  6. ^ Measures of Michigan Air Carrier Demand Archived July 10, 2012, at archive.today, Michigan Department of Transportation, Retrieved January 24, 2012.
  7. ^ "List of NPIAS Airports" (PDF). FAA.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. September 30, 2020. p. 52. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
  8. ^ "Avflight Flint". www.avflight.com.
  9. ^ American Wings Aviation - Flint, Michigan Archived April 20, 2017, at the Wayback Machine Pilot Career Center
  10. ^ Flight school for high school students opens at Bishop International Airport WJRT-TV (ABC 12), September 10, 2019
  11. ^ "Greater Flint Pilots Association | Flying Club in Flint, Michigan | GFPA". Greater Flint Pilots Association.