Cherry Capital Airport

Between the two of them, the cockpit possessed thousands of hours of high level flight experience.

At roughly 5.30pm, the L-39 Albatross roared down the runway of Cherry Capital Airport and punched up into the blue sky.

The plan was simple.

Schaller wanted to familiarize himself with the flight paths and landmarks over the lake before the massive crowds arrived the next day.

Same day, different part of town.

Monday at 6 p.m., there's a public hearing on a new zoning ordinance around Cherry Capital Airport.

It creates an airport hazard area stretching 10 miles that covers Traverse City and five townships.

The rules would cover multi-story buildings, communication towers, wind turbines, and more.

Congratulations.

Cherry Capital Airport in Traverse City, number five among the 10 best resort airports, they call it.

Capital Region International Airport, flylansing.com, is headed by Nicole Noll Williams, the CEO there, and she says, "Don't forget us at LAN.

We can get you anywhere."

The association credits state auto insurance reforms passed in 2019 for the declining costs.

Construction is progressing on a new 68,000 square foot concourse at Traverse City's Cherry Capital Airport with steel now in place.

The $120 million project is part of a larger $190 million expansion expected to be completed in spring of 2028.

The new concourse B will add four gates to help accommodate growing passenger numbers.

And that same night, there's another big item with a public hearing.

There's a public hearing on a new zoning ordinance around Cherry Capital Airport.

This isn't just the airport property.

It covers what's called an airport hazard area stretching 10 miles.

Between the two of them, the cockpit possessed thousands of hours of high-level flight experience.

At roughly five thirty PM, the L-39 Albatros roared down the runway of Cherry Capital Airport and punched up into the blue sky.

The plan was simple.

Schaller wanted to familiarize himself with the flight paths and landmarks over the lake before the massive crowds arrived the next day.

And actually, they want two seats on the Northwest Regional Airport Authority Board.

The city notes Cherry Capital Airport sits entirely within city limits and served 936,000 passengers last year.

The city says the airport drives about a billion dollars in annual economic activity and roughly 400 direct jobs.

Garfield Township sees it from the other side with a major terminal expansion scheduled for completion in 2028.

Rodriguez was a flight instructor at Northwest Michigan College, and Schaller was heading to the National Cherry Festival in Traverse City to fly in the air show.

Around 6 p.m., Schaller radioed the tower to tell them he was 27 miles from the Cherry Capital Airport, where he took off from and was headed back to.

Shortly after, his plane just disappeared from the radar.

The plane belonged to a company called Air USA, whose president, Don Kerlin, believed a bird strike was to blame.

And then Traverse City Tendon Summit is the other one that I would just want to plug.

Yeah, make sure you book your flight to Cherry Airport.

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