- Davis Airport (Michigan)
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Davis Airport (Michigan) 
Davis Airport USGS aerial photograph, April 1999 IATA: 2D8 – ICAO: K2D8 – FAA LID: 2D8 Summary Airport type Public Owner Harvey Sheren[1] Serves East Lansing, Michigan Location DeWitt Township, Michigan Elevation AMSL 845 ft / 258 m Coordinates 42°46′12″N 084°29′24″W / 42.77°N 84.49°W Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 9/27 2,550 777 Turf 16/34 2,460 750 Turf 4/22 2,025 617 Turf [2] Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Southeastern Michigan Davis Airport (IATA: 2D8, ICAO: K2D8, FAA LID: 2D8) was a general aviation airport located 0.5 miles (0.8 km) north of East Lansing, Michigan, in DeWitt Township, Michigan, United States.
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Facilities
Davis Airport was situated at an elevation of 845 feet (258 m) above mean sea level northwest of the intersection of Coleman Road and Chandler Road in southeast Clinton County. The airport had five hangars at the east end of the airfield.
Runways
Davis Airport had three runways.[2]
- Runway 9/27: 2,550 feet (777 m), Surface: Turf
- Runway 16/34: 2,460 feet (750 m), Surface: Turf
- Runway 4/22: 2,025 feet (617 m), Surface: Turf
History
July 1980 USGS Topographic map of Davis Airport
Davis Airport is named after Lieutenant Arthur J. Davis, a Lansing aviator during the 1920s and 1930s, who operated Michigan Airways, Inc. from a field in East Lansing and at Capital City Airport.[3]
After World War II Davis opened the airport then-located 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of East Lansing, at the location of Chandler's marsh.[4] One of the earliest records of the airport is from the November 1954 Milwaukee Sectional Chart which then depicted Davis Airport as having a 2,100 feet (640 m) unpaved runway.[2]
In January 1992, three man faced five felony charges for larceny, malicious destruction, and breaking into airplanes and a van at the airport.[5] On August 6, 1992, a small plane skidded past a runway, hit an embankment, and flipped over Chandler Road, landing upside down in a ditch.[6]
The airport closed on May 5, 2000, and was developed into apartment buildings.[2]
See also
- List of airports in Michigan
- Clinton County, Michigan
- DeWitt Township, Michigan
- East Lansing, Michigan
References
- ^ Davis Airport, Online Highways, ohwy.com, retrieved 2010-Apr-28
- ^ a b c d Freeman, Paul. Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Southeastern Michigan, airfields-freeman.com, retrieved 2010-Apr-26
- ^ National Park Service, Chesapeake/Allegheny System Support Office. Photographs Written Historical and Descriptive Data, Historic American Engineering Record, p. 2, memory.loc.gov, May 1995, retrieved 2010-Apr-28
- ^ Morris, David D. (1976). Lansing, Jackson, Ann Arbor and Automobiles. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Edwards Brothers. p. 106.
- ^ Associated Press. Men named in grave robbing charged again in airport thefts, Ludington Daily News, google.com, January 30, 1992, retrieved 2010-Apr-27
- ^ Associated Press. One pilot avoids kids, dies in crash; another survives, Owosso Argus Press, google.com, August 7, 1992, retrieved 2010-Apr-27
External links
Categories:- Defunct airports in Michigan
- Airports in Michigan
- Buildings and structures in Clinton County, Michigan
- East Lansing, Michigan
- Transportation in Lansing, Michigan
- 2000 disestablishments
- Michigan airport stubs
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