Torchport Airport
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| Serves | Eastport, MI | ||||||||||
| Built | 1990s | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 640 ft / 195 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°03′18″N 85°21′25″W / 45.05487°N 85.3569°W | ||||||||||
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The Torchport Airport, also known as the Torchport Airpark, (FAA LID: 59M) is a privately owned, public use airport located 3 miles south of Eastport, Michigan. It is at an elevation of 640 ft (195 m). The airport is located on Torch Lake between Charlevoix and Traverse City.[1][2][3]
The airport's original owners intended to develop the property into a residential airpark, and the airport was approved as a residential airpark in the 1990s. But the plans failed to come to fruition, so theirs is the only house at the airport.[4] The airport's original owners sold it in 2017 to new owners, who began moving towards building out the airport as a proper airpark.[5]
Facilities and aircraft
The airport has two runways. Runway 9/27 is an asphalt paved 3000 x 75 ft (1006 x 22 m), and runway 4/22 is a turf 2400 x 100 ft (732 x 30 m).[1][2][3]
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2021, the airport has 804 aircraft operations, an average of 67 per month. It is entirely general aviation. For the same time period, there are 7 aircraft based on the field: 5 single-engine airplanes and 2 ultralights.[1][2][3]