Beaver Island Airport


Beaver Island Airport is a public use airport located on Beaver Island in Charlevoix County, Michigan, United States. It is owned by St. James Township and Peaine Township. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a local general aviation facility.
Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned SJX by the FAA and no designation from the IATA.

Facilities and aircraft

Beaver Island Airport covers an area of at an elevation of 669 feet above mean sea level. It has three runways: 9/27 has an asphalt pavement measuring 4,300 by 75 feet ; 14/32 and 5/23 have turf surfaces measuring 3,300 by 120 feet and 2,130 by 120 feet respectively. Runways 14/32 and 5/23 are closed November through April, and also when snow-covered. Access to the airport is via Donnell Mor's Lane.
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 9,210 aircraft operations, an average of 25 per day: 60% air taxi and 40% general aviation.

Airlines and destinations

Accidents and incidents