Delta County Airport

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Delta County Airport
DeltaCountyAirportM35.jpg
An F-84F at the entrance along M-35 Highway
IATA: ESC – ICAO: KESC – FAA LID: ESC
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Delta County
Serves Escanaba, Michigan
Elevation AMSL 609 ft / 186 m
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Map
ESC is located in Michigan
ESC
ESC
Location of airport in Michigan
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9/27 6,498 1,981 Asphalt
18/36 5,015 1,529 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Total passengers 25,363 Decrease 4%
Total enplanements 12,841 Decrease 7%
Aircraft operations 39,144 Increase 1%
Based aircraft (2013) 33 Increase 6%

Delta County Airport (IATA: ESC, ICAO: KESC, FAA LID: ESC) is a county owned, public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) southwest of the central business district of Escanaba, a city in Delta County, Michigan, United States.[1] It offers limited commercial service, which is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

According to Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 5,307 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[3] 6,925 enplanements in 2009, and 9,246 in 2010.[4] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2015–2019, which categorized it as a primary commercial service non-hub airport (greater than 10,000 enplanements per year).[5]

Facilities and aircraft

Delta County Airport covers an area of Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). at an elevation of Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 9/27 is 6,498 by 150 feet (1,981 x 46 m) and 18/36 is 5,015 by 100 feet (1,529 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2011, the airport had 39,144 aircraft operations (up from 38,816 in 2010), an average of 107 per day: 77% general aviation, 19% air taxi, 3% scheduled commercial, and <1% military. In 2013, there were 33 aircraft based at this airport: 30 single-engine, 1 multi-engine, 1 helicopter and 1 ultra-light. [1]

A Republic F-84F is on display at the entrance.[6]

Airline and destination

Airlines Destinations
Delta Connection Detroit
Busiest domestic routes out of ESC
(Aug 2014 - Jul 2015) [7]
Rank City Passengers Carriers
1 Detroit, MI 17,000 Delta Connection


FedEx Feeder is operated at the field by CSA Air.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 FAA Airport Master Record for ESC (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective January 10, 2013
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  7. ↑ http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=ESC&Airport_Name=Escanaba, MI: Delta County&carrier=FACTS

Other sources

  • Essential Air Service documents (Docket OST-2003-15128) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
    • Order 2004-4-3: selecting Skyway Airlines, Inc., d/b/a Midwest Connect, to provide subsidized essential air service at Escanaba, Michigan, at an annual subsidy rate of $290,952 for the period of August 5, 2003, through March 31, 2006.
    • Order 2006-6-23: re-selecting Skyway Airlines, Inc., d/b/a Midwest Connect, to provide subsidized essential air service (EAS) at Escanaba, Michigan, at an annual subsidy rate of $908,903 for the period April 1, 2006, through May 31, 2007.
    • Order 2007-3-21: selecting Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. to provide subsidized essential air service at Iron Mountain/Kingsford, Michigan, Ironwood, Michigan/Ashland, Wisconsin, Manistee/Lundington, Michigan, and Escanaba, Michigan for the two-year period beginning when the carrier inaugurates full service. The annual subsidy rates will be set at: $797,885 for Iron Mountain/Kingsford, $799,779 for Ironwood/Ashland, $957,978 for Manistee/Ludington, and $617,415 for Escanaba.
    • Order 2008-1-13: selecting Mesaba Aviation, Inc., d/b/a Mesaba Airlines, operating as Northwest Airlink, utilizing 34-seat Saab 340 aircraft to provide subsidized EAS at Iron Mountain/Kingsford and Escanaba Michigan, at a combined annual subsidy rate of $2,251,767.
    • Order 2008-8-14: re-selecting Mesaba Aviation, Inc., d/b/a Mesaba Airlines, operating as Northwest Airlink, utilizing 34-seat Saab 340 aircraft to provide subsidized EAS at Iron Mountain/Kingsford and Escanaba Michigan, at a combined annual subsidy rate of $2,870,236, for a new two-year period, beginning August 15, 2008.
    • Order 2010-6-4: re-selecting Mesaba Aviation, Inc., d/b/a Mesaba Airlines, doing business as Delta Connection, utilizing 34-seat Saab 340 aircraft to provide subsidized essential air service (EAS) at Iron Mountain/Kingsford and Escanaba, Michigan, for a new two-year period, at a combined annual subsidy rate of $4,181,068.
    • Order 2012-4-10: selecting Delta Air Lines, Inc., to provide essential air service (EAS) at Chisholm/Hibbing, Minnesota, and Escanaba, Pellston, and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, for $2,517,770, $2,833,558, $1,055,361, and $1,676,136, respectively. At Pellston, the service is to consist of 12 nonstop round trips per week to Detroit in the off-peak, and 14 per week in the peak period. At Sault Ste. Marie, the service will be 13 round trips per week year round. At the remaining two communities, service is to consist of 12 nonstop round trips per week year round. All service is to be operated with 50-seat CRJ-200 aircraft.

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