- Oakland County International Airport
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For the airport in Oakland, California, see Oakland International Airport.
Oakland County International Airport 
IATA: PTK – ICAO: KPTK – FAA LID: PTK Location of the Airport in Michigan
PTKSummary Airport type Public Owner County of Oakland Serves Pontiac, Michigan Location Waterford Township, Michigan Elevation AMSL 980 ft / 299 m Coordinates 42°39′56″N 083°25′10″W / 42.66556°N 83.41944°W Website Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 9R/27L 6,520 1,987 Asphalt 9L/27R 5,675 1,730 Asphalt 18/36 2,585 788 Asphalt Statistics (2006) Aircraft operations 202,973 Based aircraft 500 Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] Oakland County International Airport (IATA: PTK, ICAO: KPTK, FAA LID: PTK) is a county-owned public-use airport located in Waterford Township, Oakland County, Michigan, United States.[2] The airport is five nautical miles (9 km) west of the central business district of Pontiac.[1]
It is the sixth-busiest airport in the United States without scheduled passenger service.[3] Charters carrying sports teams competing at The Palace of Auburn Hills nearby frequently use the airport. The airport was originally called Pontiac Municipal Airport when it opened in 1928 and became Oakland-Pontiac Airport later before adapting its current name.
The airport holds an open house every year, showing aircraft based at PTK, military aircraft and vintage aircraft. The Civil Air Patrol acts as security for the open house.
Contents
Facilities and aircraft
New terminal
Oakland County International Airport covers an area of 750 acres (300 ha) at an elevation of 980 feet (299 m) above mean sea level. It has three asphalt paved runways: 9R/27L is 6,520 by 150 feet (1,987 x 46 m); 9L/27R is 5,675 by 100 feet (1,730 x 30 m); 18/36 is 2,585 by 75 feet (788 x 23 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 202,973 aircraft operations, an average of 556 per day: 92% general aviation, 7% air taxi, 1% scheduled commercial and <1% military. At that time there were 500 aircraft based at this airport: 60% single-engine, 21% multi-engine, 16% jet, 2% helicopter, <1% glider and <1% ultralight.[1]
Charter airlines
- Murray Air (Willow Run, Chicago Rockford, Kokomo) [mainly charters for Chrysler to their plants around the Midwest]
- Kalitta
References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for PTK (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-07-02.
- ^ "Waterford township, Oakland county, Michigan." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on October 28, 2009.
- ^ Oakland County International Airport
External links
- Oakland County International Airport
- Oakland County International Airport 75th Anniversary
- FAA Airport Diagram for Oakland County International (PTK) (PDF), effective 20 October 2011
- FAA Terminal Procedures for Oakland County International (PTK), effective 20 October 2011
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KPTK
- ASN accident history for PTK
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures for KPTK
Categories:- Airports in Michigan
- Transportation in Oakland County, Michigan
- Pontiac, Michigan
- Buildings and structures in Oakland County, Michigan
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