Luce County Airport is a county-owned public-use airport

Airport

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 located three miles southeast of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Newberry

Newberry, Michigan

Newberry is a village in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Luce County. Located within McMillan Township at its very southern end, it shares some administrative responsibilities with the surrounding township. The population was 2,686 at the 2000 census.The village was named in...

, a city in Luce County

Luce County, Michigan

-Government:The county government operates the jail, maintains rural roads, operates themajor local courts, keeps files of deeds and mortgages, maintains vital records, administers...

, Michigan

Michigan

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, United States

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Facilities and aircraft

Luce County Airport covers an area of 160 acre (0.6474976 km²) which contains two runway

Runway

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 designated 11/29 with a 4,304 x 75 ft (1,312 x 23 m) asphalt

Asphalt

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 surface and 4/22 with a 2,856 x 150 ft (871 x 46 m) turf

Grass

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 surface. For the 12-month period ending September 23, 2010, the airport had 2,685 aircraft operations, an average of 51 per week: 100% general aviation

General aviation

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. At that time there were 11 aircraft based at this airport: 9 single-engine

Aircraft engine

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and 1 multi-engine and 1 helicopter.