Jackson County Airport , also known as Reynolds Field, is a county-owned, public-use airport

Airport

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 located two nautical miles (3.7 km) west of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Jackson

Jackson, Michigan

Jackson is a city located along Interstate 94 in the south central area of the U.S. state of Michigan, about west of Ann Arbor and south of Lansing. It is the county seat of Jackson County. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 33,534...

, in Jackson County

Jackson County, Michigan

As of the census of 2000, there were 158,422 people, 58,168 households, and 40,833 families residing in the county. The population density was 224 people per square mile . There were 62,906 housing units at an average density of 89/sq mi...

, Michigan

Michigan

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, United States

United States

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. It is a class D airport with operating control tower.

The airport is home to the Jackson Community College

Jackson Community College

Jackson Community College is a community college located in Jackson County, Michigan. Originally established as Jackson Junior College in 1928, Jackson County electors voted to reincorporate the institution as a Community College District under Public Act 188 of 1955 in 1962...

 Flight Center and the annual Hot Air Jubilee (airshow). Until 1984, it had commercial services, operated by Republic Airlines

Republic Airlines (1979-1986)

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 and Simmons Airlines

Simmons Airlines

Simmons Airlines is the predecessor to American Eagle Airlines based in the United States. Its headquarters were originally near Marquette, Michigan, at the Marquette County Airport in Negaunee, and were eventually moved to the Near North Side of Chicago, Illinois.- History :Simmons Airlines, Inc....

 and now serves as a general aviation

General aviation

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 facility. In 2005 the airport became home to Prestige Aircraft Company LLC, a light sport aircraft manufacturer.

Facilities and aircraft

Jackson County-Reynolds Field covers an area of 700 acres (283.3 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 1,001 feet (305 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt

Asphalt

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 paved runway

Runway

According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

s: 6/24 is 5,349 by 150 feet (1,630 x 46 m) and 14/32 is 4,000 by 100 feet (1,219 x 30 m).

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2008, the airport had 51,003 general aviation

General aviation

General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...

 aircraft operations, an average of 139 per day. At that time there were 106 aircraft based at this airport: 76% single-engine

Aircraft engine

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, 13% multi-engine, 4% jet

Jet aircraft

A jet aircraft is an aircraft propelled by jet engines. Jet aircraft generally fly much faster than propeller-powered aircraft and at higher altitudes – as high as . At these altitudes, jet engines achieve maximum efficiency over long distances. The engines in propeller-powered aircraft...

, 3% helicopter

Helicopter

A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by one or more engine-driven rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forwards, backwards, and laterally...

 and 4% ultralight.

External links

• Jackson County Airport page at Jackson County website page at Michigan DOT Airport Directory
• Aerial photo as of 7 April 1999 from USGS The National Map