Delta County Airport

Delta County Airport
An F-84F at the entrance along M-35 Highway
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerDelta County
ServesEscanaba, Michigan
Elevation AMSL609 ft / 186 m
Coordinates45°43′22″N 087°05′37″W / 45.72278°N 87.09361°W / 45.72278; -87.09361
Websiteflyesc.com
Map
ESC is located in Michigan
ESC
ESC
Location of airport in Michigan
ESC is located in the United States
ESC
ESC
ESC (the United States)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 6,498 1,981 Asphalt
1/19 5,016 1,529 Asphalt
Statistics
Passenger volume (12 months ending July 2024)31,210
Departing passengers (12 months ending July 2024)15,850
Aircraft operations (2022)26,360
Based aircraft (2023)1

Delta County Airport (IATA: ESC, ICAO: KESC, FAA LID: ESC) is a county-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) southwest of the central business district of Escanaba, a city in Delta County, Michigan, United States.[1] It offers limited commercial service, which is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

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.[3]

The airport received $1 million from the US Department of Transportation in 2020 as part of the CARES Act to help mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]

  1. ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for ESC PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective November 30, 2023.
  2. ^ "Measures of Michigan Air Carrier Demand". Michigan Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on January 29, 2013. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
  3. ^ "List of NPIAS Airports" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. October 21, 2016. Retrieved November 23, 2016.
  4. ^ "USDOT announces nearly $23M for Upper Michigan airports in response to COVID-19". Upper Michigan's Source. Negaunee, Michigan: WLUC-TV. April 14, 2020. Retrieved February 11, 2023.