Hamp Airport
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Hamp Airport | |||||||||||
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| Owner/Operator | Mike Hamp | ||||||||||
| Serves | Elwell, Michigan | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1981 | ||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (-5) | ||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (-4) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 825 ft / 252 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°23′58″N 084°48′04″W / 43.39944°N 84.80111°W | ||||||||||
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The Hamp Airport (FAA LID: 68R) is a privately owned, public-use airport located three miles (4.8 km) west of Elwell, Michigan. The airport covers 12 acres (4.9 ha) of land at an elevation of 825 feet (251 m).[1][2][3]
The airport is owned by Harold Hamp, a local pilot and mechanic. Hamp and his son have a maintenance shop at the airport to work on a variety of aircraft.[4]
Hamp's first airport was built in 1981. After Hamp made aircraft maintenance his full-time career, he got the airport approved for public use so people could fly their planes in to his maintenance shop. The airport has sense been used for transient aircraft and skydiving operations.[4]
Facilities and aircraft
The airport has one runway, designated as Runway 9/27. It measures 2,580 by 100 feet (786 m × 30 m) and is made of turf. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2020, the airport has 150 aircraft operations per year, an average of just over 12 per month. These movements consisted entirely of general aviation. For the same time period, 4 aircraft were based at the airport, all single-engine airplanes.[1][2]
The airport does not have a fixed-base operator, and no fuel is available.[1][3][5]