Oceana_County_Airport

Oceana County Airport

Oceana County Airport

Public Airport in Oceana County, MI


Oceana County Airport is a public use airport located between the cities of Hart and Shelby, Michigan. It is publicly owned by the Oceana County Court House.[1][2][3][4]

Facilities

The airport has two runways. Runway 9/27 is 3500 ft x 75 ft (1067 x 23 m) and made of asphalt. Runway 15/33 is 2251 x 100 ft (686 x 30 m) and is turf.[1][2][3][5][6]

The airport manages its own fixed-base operator on the airport. Fuel is available.[2][5][7][8]

Aircraft

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2021, the airport has 57 aircraft operations per week, or about 3000 per year. It is all general aviation. For the same time period, there are 21 aircraft based on the field, all airplanes: 20 single-engine and 1 multi-engine.[1][2][3][4][5][9]

Accidents and incidents

  • On July 15, 2022, a Cessna 210C crashed a mile and half after taking off from Oceana County Airport. Two people on board were killed. It was found that the pilot flying the aircraft was not instrument rated and therefore was not qualified to fly in the deteriorating weather conditions at the time. The crash is under investigation.[10][11][12]

See also


References

  1. "(C04) OCEANA COUNTY". Federal Aviation Administration.
  2. "AirNav: Oceana County Airport – C04 – AOPA". Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA).
  3. "AirNav: C04 – Oceana County Airport". AirNav. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
  4. "Airport & FBO Info for KC04 Oceana County Airport". fltplan.com. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
  5. "County of Oceana Airport". FlightAware. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
  6. "C04/Oceana County". AC-U-KWIK. Retrieved 2022-07-20.

43°38′30″N 086°19′44″W


Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Oceana_County_Airport, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.