Marquette County Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Marquette County | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Marquette, Michigan | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Negaunee Township, Michigan, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Closed | 1999 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,412 ft / 430 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°32′1.98″N 87°33′45.20″W / 46.5338833°N 87.5625556°W | ||||||||||||||
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Marquette County Airport (IATA: MQT, ICAO: KMQT, FAA LID: MQT) is a former airport in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, located in Negaunee Township in Marquette County, several miles west of the city of Marquette. With the 1995 closure of nearby K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base, airport facilities were transferred to Sawyer International Airport when it opened in 1999.
In 2006, the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community proposed moving its Ojibwa II casino from Chocolay Township to the airport site, where it would build a 135,000-square-foot (12,540 m2) facility.[1] The proposal was rejected by Governor Rick Snyder, unless a broader agreement could be reached.[2]
- ^ Pepin, John (December 21, 2012). "Snyder delays decision on casino at old airport". The Mining Journal. Marquette. Archived from the original on February 8, 2013. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
- ^ "Gov. Snyder says no to KBIC casino at former Marquette County Airport". The Mining Journal. Marquette, Michigan. June 18, 2013. Archived from the original on August 29, 2013. Retrieved June 22, 2013.