Cherry Capital Airport

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Cherry Capital Airport

IATA: TVC - ICAO: KTVC
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Grand Traverse County
Serves		Traverse City, Michigan
Elevation AMSL		624 ft (190 m)
Coordinates		44°44′29.2″N, 85°34′56.0″W
Website		http://www.tvcairport.com/
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Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
10/28	6,501	1,982	Paved
18/36	5,379	1,639	Paved

1 General
2 Gate Assignment
3 Flight Planning Resources
4 IFR Routes

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General

Cherry Capital Airport is an airport in Traverse City, Michigan, USA. In the fall of 2004 Cherry Capital opened a new terminal (with the inaugural flight, American Eagle flight 3886, on Thursday, June 9, 2005.)

Since then, the Cherry Capital Airport has continued to grow. This is clearly seen by the addition of the A319/A320 family to Northwest airlines' Traverse city fleet in the summer of 2006. This allowed NWA to meet the high demand of passengers. Also, American Eagle airlines experimented with weekend service to New York LGA. Delta/ Comair also experimented with new destinations during the summer of 2006, when they added non-stop service to Atlanta.

Soon, the airport will implement the first biometric access systems in the country. The airport is the ninth to implement the advanced security measures suggested after the September 11, 2001 attacks. This terminal is able to comply better with security regulations and supports a greater number of flights and passengers. In 2006, Grand Traverse County announced that it will be building 2 more terminals, including one to be built upon the demolished footprint of the pre-2005 terminal.

In addition, Cherry Capital hopes to be granted permission from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to build a longer runway with the goal of meeting mandated runway distance for the Boeing 767 and comparable jet aircraft.

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