Fitch H. Beach Airport


Fitch H. Beach Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Charlotte, a city in Eaton County, Michigan, United States. 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 FPK by the FAA and no designation from the IATA.

Facilities and aircraft

Fitch H. Beach Airport covers an area of at an elevation of 891 feet above mean sea level. It has two runways: 2/20 is 3,500 by 75 feet with a concrete surface; 14/32 is 2,318 by 100 feet with a turf surface. Runway 14/32 is closed from December through March, and also when snow-covered. The airport is staffed daily from 8AM until dusk.
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2008, the airport had 5,600 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 15 per day. At that time there were 24 aircraft based at this airport: 79% single-engine, 17% multi-engine and 4% ultralight.

Transit

The airport is accessible by road from Island Highway, and is located near I-69, M-50, and M-79.