Watervliet Municipal Airport
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Watervliet Municipal Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Owner/Operator | Watervliet Township | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Watervliet, Michigan | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (-5) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (-4) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 656 ft / 200 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°12′02″N 086°14′57″W / 42.20056°N 86.24917°W | ||||||||||||||
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Watervliet Municipal Airport (FAA LID: 40C) is a publicly owned, public use airport located 1 mile northeast of Watervliet, Michigan. The airport sits on 77 acres at an elevation of 656 feet.[1][2]
The airport is home to a chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA). The chapter hosts a variety of events at the airport, especially for Young Eagles interested in getting into aviation. There are pancake breakfasts, airplane rides, and more.[3]
The airport has two runways, both made of turf. Runway 2/20 measures 2600 × 200 ft (792 × 61 m), and runway 7/25 is 1540 × 200 ft (469 × 61 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2019, the airport had 1612 aircraft operations, an average of 31 per week. It was entirely general aviation. For the same time period, there were 20 aircraft based at the airport: 19 single-engine airplanes and 1 ultralight.[1][2]