Sawyer International Airport

Sawyer International Airport (IATA: MQT, ICAO: KSAW, FAA LID: SAW) is a county-owned public-use airport in Marquette County, Michigan, United States. It is located 17 nautical miles (20 mi; 31 km) south of the central business district of the city of Marquette.[1] It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a non-hub primary commercial service facility.[3]

Sawyer International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerMarquette County
ServesMarquette, Michigan
LocationGwinn, Michigan
Elevation AMSL1,204 ft / 367 m
Coordinates46°21′13″N 087°23′43″W
Websitewww.sawyerairport.com
Map
SAW
Location of airport in Michigan
SAW
SAW (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
1/19 9,072 2,765 Asphalt/Concrete
Statistics
Departing Passengers (12 months ending February 2020)59,460
Aircraft operations (2017)17,166
Based aircraft (2020)41
Sources: FAA,[1] MDOT[2]

This commercial and general aviation airport is located near Gwinn, on a portion of the former K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base, which closed in September 1995. The airport opened for passenger service in September 1999, serving Marquette and the surrounding area. It replaced the former Marquette County Airport (IATA: MQT, ICAO: KMQT, FAA LID: MQT), which closed the same year.

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and International Air Transport Association (IATA), this airport is assigned SAW by the FAA[1] and MQT by the IATA[4] (which assigned SAW to Sabiha Gökçen International Airport in Istanbul, Turkey).[5] The airport's International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) identifier is KSAW.[6]

Facilities and aircraft

Sawyer International Airport covers an area of 2,100 acres (850 ha). It has a single asphalt/concrete runway, 9,072 by 150 feet (2,765 by 46 m),[1] originally re-designed in 1959 to accommodate B-52 bombers and KC-135 tankers.

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2017, the airport had 17,166 aircraft operations, an average of 47 per day: 48% general aviation, 31% air taxi, 13% scheduled commercial service and 8% military. In June 2020, there were 41 aircraft based at this airport: 36 single-engine, 4 multi-engine and 1 jet.[1]

There is an industrial park, the Telkite Technology Park,[7] adjacent to the airport, with 1,000 acres (400 ha) of land and 1,500,000 square feet (140,000 m2) of space in a Michigan Renaissance Zone, which exempts the tenant or owner from the majority of state and local taxes.

The airport is home to the Marquette County Aviation Wall of Honor, which features many influential pilots and engineers.[8]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger
AirlinesDestinations
American Eagle Chicago–O'Hare
Delta Connection Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul[9]
Sawyer Int'l Destinations January 2019

Statistics
Carrier shares: (March 2019 – February 2020)[10]
Carrier Passengers (arriving and departing)
SkyWest
79,560(67.54%)
Envoy Air
38,230(32.46%)
Top Destinations from SAW (March 2019 - February 2020)[10]
Rank Airport Passengers Carriers
1 Detroit, MI (DTW) 24,210 Delta
2 Chicago, IL (ORD) 19,590 American
3 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN (MSP) 15,660 Delta

Cargo
AirlinesDestinations
Ameriflight Lansing
FedEx Feeder operated by CSA Air Milwaukee
Pro Aire Cargo Appleton

References
  1. FAA Airport Master Record for SAW (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. effective June 18, 2020.
  2. "Measures of Michigan Air Carrier Demand". Michigan Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on January 29, 2013. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
  3. "List of NPIAS Airports" (PDF). FAA.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. October 21, 2016. Retrieved November 23, 2016.
  4. "Sawyer International Airport (IATA: MQT, ICAO: KSAW, FAA: SAW)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved July 11, 2013.
  5. "Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (IATA: SAW, ICAO: LTFJ)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved July 11, 2013.
  6. "Sawyer International: SAW (KSAW)". Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved July 11, 2013.
  7. "Telkite Technology Park". Telkite.
  8. Hoyum, Kim (April 13, 2008). "Airmen Added to Wall of Honor". The Mining Journal. Marquette, MI.
  9. Delta Booking Engine. Delta.com http://www.delta.com. Retrieved October 16, 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. "RITA BTS Transtats - MQT". www.transtats.bts.gov. Retrieved May 16, 2020.


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