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{{Short description|Airport
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Muskegon County Airport
| city-served = [[Muskegon, Michigan]]<br />USA
| ___location = [[Norton Shores, Michigan]]
| elevation-f = 628
| elevation-m = 191.4
| coordinates = {{coord|43|10|04|N|086|14|08|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| website = {{URL|FlyMKG.com}}
| pushpin_map = USA Michigan#USA
| pushpin_relief = yes
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Michigan
| pushpin_label = '''MKG'''
| pushpin_label_position = right
| r1-number = 6/24
| r1-length-f = 6,501
| r1-length-m = 1,982
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| r2-number = 14/32
| r2-length-f = 6,100
| r2-length-m = 1,859
| r2-surface = Asphalt
| stat-year = 2022
| stat1-header = Total passengers
| stat1-data = 10,728 {{Increase}} 5.40%
| stat2-header = Aircraft operations
| stat2-data = 25,802 {{Increase}} 7.90%
| stat3-header = Based aircraft
| stat3-data = 84 {{Increase}} 5%
| footnotes = Sources: [[Federal Aviation Administration|FAA]],<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/index.cfm?year=all | title = Passenger Boarding | publisher = Federal Aviation Administration}}</ref><ref name="FAA">{{FAA-airport|ID=MKG|use=PU|own=PU|site=10127.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. effective January 10, 2013.</ref> [[Michigan DOT]]<ref name="MDOTAirportStats">{{cite web | url = http://mdotwas1.mdot.state.mi.us/public/airportstats/ | title = Measures of Michigan Air Carrier Demand | publisher = Michigan Department of Transportation | accessdate = January 22, 2013 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://archive.today/20120710080353/http://mdotwas1.mdot.state.mi.us/public/airportstats/ | archivedate = July 10, 2012 }}</ref>
}}
[[File:Muskegon County Airport, Main passenger terminal interior.jpg|thumb|Terminal building interior]]
'''Muskegon County Airport''' {{airport codes|MKG|KMKG|MKG}} is a county-owned, public-use [[airport]]
As per the [[Federal Aviation Administration]], this airport had 30,051 passenger boardings (enplanements) in [[calendar year]] 2008,<ref>
{{cite web
| url = http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy08_all_enplanements.pdf
| title = Enplanements for CY 2008 | format = PDF, 1.0 MB
| work = [CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data]
| publisher = Federal Aviation Administration
| date = December 18, 2009
}}
</ref> 15,886 in 2009, and 13,088 in 2010.<ref>
{{cite web
| url = http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy10_all_enplanements.pdf
| title = Enplanements for CY 2010 | format = PDF, 189 KB
| work = [CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data]
| publisher = Federal Aviation Administration
| date = October 4, 2011
}}
</ref> It is included in the [[Federal Aviation Administration]] (FAA) [[National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems]] for 2017–2021, in which it is [[FAA airport categories|categorized]] as a non-hub primary commercial service facility.<ref name="NPIAS Airports">{{cite web|title=List of NPIAS Airports|url=https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/NPIAS-Report-2017-2021-Appendix-A.pdf|website=FAA.gov|publisher=Federal Aviation Administration|accessdate=23 November 2016|date=21 October 2016}}</ref>
==History==
In 1927, the Greater Muskegon Chamber of Commerce began a campaign to establish the Muskegon County Airport. The Muskegon County Board of Commissioners approved the construction of the airport's first terminal in 1931. The [[Works Progress Administration]] (WPA) project cost the county $12,000.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://co.muskegon.mi.us/catchthewave/airport/airport_history.html | title = Airport History | publisher = County of Muskegon | accessdate = November 18, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110813193622/http://co.muskegon.mi.us/catchthewave/airport/airport_history.html | archive-date = August 13, 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
[[Capital Airlines (United States)|Capital Airlines]] was serving Muskegon by 1949 with nonstop [[Douglas DC-3]] flights to [[Chicago]], [[Milwaukee]] and [[Grand Rapids, MI|Grand Rapids, Michigan]], with direct, no-change-of-plane DC-3 service to [[Detroit]], [[Lansing]] and [[Flint, MI|Flint, Michigan]].
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/ca2/ca4907/ca4907i3.jpg|title=Capital Airlines timetable|website=Airline Timetable Images}}</ref> By the spring of 1961, Capital was serving the airport with [[Vickers Viscount]] turboprop aircraft with nonstop and direct one stop flights to [[O'Hare International Airport|Chicago O'Hare Airport]] as well as nonstop flights to Milwaukee with direct, no change of plane Viscount flights from both [[New York Newark Airport]] and [[Washington, D.C.]] [[National Airport]] via Detroit.<ref name="timetableimages1">{{cite web|url=http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/ca2/ca61/ca61-04.jpg|title=Capital Airlines timetable|date=June 1, 1961|website=Airline Timetable Images}} [http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/ca2/ca61/ca61-05.jpg Second page], [http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/ca2/ca61/ca61-07.jpg third page]</ref> At this same time, Capital was also operating [[Douglas DC-4]] propliner service on an eastbound routing of Chicago O'Hare - Muskegon - Lansing - Detroit - [[Cleveland]] - [[Pittsburgh]] - [[Baltimore]] - Washington D.C. National Airport and a westbound routing of Washington D.C National Airport - Baltimore - Pittsburgh - Cleveland - Detroit - Grand Rapids - Muskegon - Chicago O'Hare.<ref name="timetableimages1"/>
[[North Central Airlines]] was serving Muskegon by 1962 with [[Douglas DC-3]] aircraft operated on nonstop flights to [[Milwaukee]] and [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]], in addition to direct, no change plane flights to Detroit [[Willow Run Airport]] via stops in [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]], and [[Lansing]].<ref name="timetableimages2">{{cite web|url=http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete/nc62/nc62-5.jpg|title=North Central Airlines: Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio, Canada|date=Sep 4, 1962|website=Airline Timetable Images}}</ref> The airport even had international service of a sort at this time as North Central was operating a daily southbound DC-3 flight from [[Port Arthur, Ontario]]/[[Fort William, Ontario]] (now [[Thunder Bay]]) in [[Canada]] with stops being made in [[Houghton, Michigan]], [[Iron Mountain, Michigan]], and Green Bay en route to Muskegon with this flight then continuing on to Grand Rapids, Lansing and Detroit.<ref name="timetableimages2"/>
Capital Airlines was then acquired and merged into [[United Airlines]] which in 1963 was continuing to serve Muskegon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete/ua63/ua63-01.jpg|title=United System Timetable|date=Aug 5, 1963|website=Airline Timetable Images}}</ref> According to the August 1963 United system timetable, the airline was serving the airport with Vickers Viscount turboprops as well as [[Douglas DC-6B]] prop aircraft with Viscount service including a westbound flight operating a routing of Washington D.C. National Airport - Detroit [[Willow Run Airport]] - Lansing - Grand Rapids - Muskegon - Chicago O'Hare Airport and an eastbound Viscount flight operating a routing of Chicago O'Hare - Muskegon - [[Saginaw, MI]] - Flint - Detroit Willow Run Airport - [[Cleveland]] - [[Pittsburgh]].<ref name=UnitedEW>{{cite web|url=http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete/ua63/ua63-05.jpg|title=United Complete East to West Schedules|date=Aug 5, 1963|website=Airline Timetable Images}} [https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete/ua63/ua63-07.jpg Second page]</ref><ref name=UnitedWE>{{cite web|url=http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete/ua63/ua63-09.jpg|title=United Complete West to East Schedules|date=Aug 5, 1963|website=Airline Timetable Images}} [https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete/ua63/ua63-11.jpg Second page]</ref> United Douglas DC-6B service at this time in 1963 included a westbound flight operating a routing of Detroit Willow Run - Flint - Saginaw - Muskegon - Chicago O'Hare - [[Moline, IL]] - [[Cedar Rapids]] - [[Des Moines]] - [[Omaha]] and an eastbound flight operating a routing of Cedar Rapids - Chicago O'Hare - Muskegon - Saginaw - Flint - Detroit Willow Run - [[Akron, OH]] - [[Youngstown, OH]] - Pittsburgh.<ref name=UnitedEW/><ref name=UnitedWE/>
By 1969, United Airlines was operating all of its flights into Muskegon with [[Boeing 737-200]] jets with three daily nonstops to Chicago O'Hare with one of these flights providing direct, no change of plane service to [[Omaha]] and [[Lincoln, Nebraska]], with another 737 flight operating direct one stop service from Cleveland via Flint.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/ua/ua69/ua69-04.jpg|title=United System Timetable|date=Apr 27, 1969|website=Airline Timetable Images}} [http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/ua/ua69/ua69-06.jpg Second page]</ref> Also in 1969, [[North Central Airlines]] was operating eight daily [[Convair 580]] turboprop flights from the airport with nonstop service to Grand Rapids, Lansing and Milwaukee as well as direct one stop service to Chicago O'Hare and also direct one or two stop service to Detroit.<ref>Oct. 26, 1969 North Central Airlines system timetable, Muskegon flight schedules</ref>
According to the [[Official Airline Guide]] (OAG), United was continuing to serve the airport in 1975 with three daily flights operated with Boeing 737-200 jets with one service operating an eastbound routing of Chicago [[O'Hare Airport]] - Muskegon - [[Flint, MI]] - [[Cleveland]] - [[Baltimore]] with another service operating a westbound routing of [[Boston]] - Cleveland - Flint - Muskegon - Chicago O'Hare Airport with a third flight operating an additional nonstop service to Chicago O'Hare.<ref>April 15, 1975 Official Airline Guide, North American edition, Muskegon flight schedules & United Airlines flight itineraries</ref> Another airline operating jet service into the airport in 1975 was North Central operating [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30]] service with one daily flight operated on an eastbound routing of Chicago O'Hare Airport - [[Milwaukee]] - Muskegon - [[Lansing]] - [[Detroit]] - Cleveland although most of the service operated by North Central from the airport at this time was flown with Convair 580 turboprops with four daily direct one stop flights to Chicago O'Hare via Milwaukee, three daily direct one stop flights to Detroit via Lansing and two daily direct flights to Cleveland via stops in Lansing and Detroit.<ref>June 6, 1975 North Central Airlines system timetable, Muskegon flight schedules</ref> According to the OAG, United was still operating its mainline 737 jet service from [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]] (ORD) at the end of 1979 with only one daily nonstop flight;<ref name="autogenerated1979">Dec. 1, 1979 Official Airline Guide, North American edition, Muskegon flight schedules</ref> however, United then ceased serving Muskegon shortly thereafter.
In the spring of 1981, [[Midstate Airlines]], an independent commuter air carrier, was operating seven nonstop flights every weekday to Chicago O'Hare from Muskegon flown with [[Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner]] commuter propjets.<ref>April 1, 1981 Official Airline Guide, North American edition, Muskegon flight schedules</ref> By early 1985, three independent airlines were flying nonstop service from Chicago O'Hare to the airport including [[Air Wisconsin]] operating four flights every weekday with [[de Havilland Canada DHC-7 Dash 7]] turboprops, Midstate Airlines operating six flights every weekday with Fairchild Swearingen Metroliners and [[Simmons Airlines]] operating four flights every weekday with [[NAMC YS-11]] and [[Short 360]] turboprops for a combined total of fourteen flights from O'Hare every weekday.<ref>Feb. 15, 1985 Official Airline Guide, North American edition, Muskegon flight schedules.</ref> At this same time in 1985, Air Wisconsin was operating nonstop DHC-7 Dash 7 service from [[Battle Creek, Michigan]], while Midstate was operating nonstop Metroliner service from Milwaukee and [[Traverse City]] with Simmons Airlines operating nonstop and direct [[Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante]] turboprop flights from Detroit as well as nonstop NAMC YS-11 and Short 360 service from Traverse City in addition to nonstop Embraer EMB-110 or Short 360 flights from Flint, Grand Rapids and [[Jackson, Michigan]].<ref name="ReferenceB">Feb. 15, 1985 Official Airline Guide, North American edition, Muskegon flight schedules</ref> According to the OAG, these four air carriers were operating a combined total of 35 flights every weekday into the airport at this time in 1985.<ref name="ReferenceB"/> The June 1, 1999 OAG lists four nonstop flights to Chicago O'Hare operated every weekday by [[Great Lakes Airlines]] flying as [[United Express]] via a [[code sharing]] agreement on behalf of United with [[Beechcraft 1900]] and [[Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia]] commuter propjets as well as five nonstop flights to Detroit every weekday operated by [[Mesaba Airlines]] with [[Saab 340]] turboprops as [[Northwest Airlink]] code sharing service on behalf of [[Northwest Airlines]] and also three nonstop flights every weekday to Milwaukee operated by [[Skyway Airlines]] with Beechcraft 1900s flying Midwest Express Connection service on behalf of [[Midwest Express]].<ref>June 1, 1999 OAG Desktop Flight Guide, North American edition, Chicago O'Hare & Detroit & Milwaukee flight schedules</ref> Airline service to Chicago then ended in 2002.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eQsVAAAAIBAJ&pg=2887,3423850&dq=muskegon+county+airport&hl=en | title = Airline to Drop Service to Muskegon County Airport | work = Toledo Blade | date = October 10, 1979 | accessdate = December 14, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Lupo | first = Lee | url = http://blog.mlive.com/chronicle/2008/09/muskegon_county_airport_receiv.html | title = Muskegon County Airport receives grant to obtain jet service to Chicago | work = Muskegon Chronicle | date = September 8, 2008 | accessdate = April 26, 2011}}</ref>
North Central Airlines subsequently merged with [[Southern Airways]] to form [[Republic Airlines]] which in 1979 was continuing to serve the airport with McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 jets as well as [[Douglas DC-9-10]] jets and [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9-50]] jets in addition to Convair 580 turboprops with direct, no change of plane DC-9-30 service from [[Atlanta]], direct one stop DC-9 and Convair 580 service from Chicago O'Hare via Milwaukee, and direct one stop DC-9 and Convair 580 service from Detroit via either Grand Rapids, Michigan, or Lansing.<ref name="autogenerated1979"/> Republic continued to serve Muskegon during the early 1980s with its flights in 1981 including direct, no change of plane DC-9 jet service to [[Baltimore]], [[Miami]], [[Nashville]] and [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]] as well as direct, no change of plane DC-9 jet service from [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]], [[Montreal]] and [[New Orleans]] in addition to direct one stop DC-9 jet flights to Chicago O'Hare via Milwaukee plus nonstop and one stop DC-9 jets to Detroit.<ref>April 1, 1981 Official Airline Guide, North American edition, Muskegon flight schedules & Republic Airlines flight itineraries</ref> However, Republic was no longer serving the airport by the spring of 1984.<ref>June 1, 1984 Republic Airlines route map</ref>
According to the OAG, four airlines were serving Muskegon in late 1989 including [[American Eagle (airline brand)|American Eagle]] operating five daily nonstops from Chicago O'Hare with [[Short 360]] turboprops on behalf of [[American Airlines]] via a [[code sharing]] agreement, Midwest Express Connection operated by [[Skyway Airlines]] with service on behalf of [[Midwest Express]] (which subsequently changed its name to [[Midwest Airlines]]) with four nonstops every weekday from Milwaukee flown with [[Beechcraft 1900]] commuter propjets, [[Midway Connection]] operating on behalf of [[Midway Airlines (1976–1991)]] with five nonstops every weekday from Chicago [[Midway Airport]] flown with [[Dornier 228]] commuter turboprops, and [[Northwest Airlink]] operated by [[Mesaba Airlines]] on behalf of [[Northwest Airlines]] via a code sharing agreement with three nonstops every weekday from Detroit flown with [[Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner]] commuter turboprops.<ref>Dec. 15, 1989 Official Airline Guide, North American edition, Muskegon flight schedules</ref> By the spring of 1995, three airlines were serving the airport including American Eagle operating four daily nonstops from Chicago O'Hare with [[Saab 340]] turboprops, Midwest Express Connection flying Beechcraft 1900s with three nonstops operated every weekday from Milwaukee plus one nonstop flown every weekday from both Flint and Lansing, and Northwest Airlink operated by Mesaba Airlines with five nonstops every weekday from Detroit flown with Metroliners.<ref>April 2, 1995 Official Airline Guide, North American edition, Muskegon flight schedules</ref> In 2005, Northwest Airlink operated by Mesaba was operating three daily nonstop flights to Detroit with Saab 340s while [[Midwest Connect]] (which was formerly Midwest Express Connection) operated by Skyway Airlines was flying four nonstops every weekday to Milwaukee with Beechcraft 1900s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.departedflights2.com/detroit-metro-2005-page-7/|title = Detroit Metro 2005 Page 7|date = 16 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://departedflights2.com/milwaukee-2005-page-3/|title=TO MILWAUKEE, WI (Page 3 of 4) Effective March 1, 2005|website=Departed Flights}}</ref>
Muskegon County Airport was the recipient of both the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 ''Balchen/Post Awards'' for outstanding achievement in snow and ice control in the small commercial service airport category.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.muskegonairport.com/pressreleases/balchen_post_award_08.pdf | title = Muskegon County Airport Receives International Award | publisher = MuskegonAirport.com | accessdate = December 14, 2009 }} {{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.snowsymposium.org/cfiles/program_bpaward.php | title = Snow Symposium Balchen/Post Award | publisher = snowsymposium.org | accessdate = February 22, 2010 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://archive.today/20130415213034/http://www.snowsymposium.org/cfiles/program_bpaward.php | archivedate = April 15, 2013 }}</ref>
[[Midwest Connect]], operating [[code sharing]] service on behalf of [[Midwest Airlines]], discontinued service to [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin|Milwaukee]] (MKE), effective September 2008.<ref>{{cite news | last = Gunn | first = Steve | url = http://www.mlive.com/news/chronicle/index.ssf?/base/news-14/121673257293990.xml&coll=8 | title = Midwest Airlines drops Muskegon | work = Muskegon Chronicle | date = July 21, 2008 | accessdate = December 14, 2009}}</ref> Also in September, the airport was awarded a $650,000 federal Small Community Air Service grant to restore nonstop flights to Chicago O'Hare International Airport.<ref>{{cite news | last = Mills | first = Jon | url = http://www.wzzm13.com/news/news_story.aspx?storyid=114812&catid=14 | title = Muskegon Co. Airport to get new jet service to Chicago | publisher = WZZM13.com | date = October 19, 2009 | accessdate = December 14, 2009}}</ref> On July 15, 2009, [[Mesaba Airlines]] petitioned the [[United States Department of Transportation|DOT]] for federal [[Essential Air Service]] (EAS) subsidies to continue operating scheduled passenger service into Muskegon as well as seven other communities. Per DOT procedure, bids were opened for proposals for passenger service to these cities by all interested air carriers. For Muskegon, [[SkyWest Airlines]] submitted a bid to provide service to Chicago which required less than half the annual subsidy that Mesaba had proposed in order to continue its service to Detroit. SkyWest was selected in November 2009, and began service on February 12, 2010, replacing Mesaba. SkyWest initially operated under a two-year contract for the service<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=DOT-OST-2009-0160 | title = Docket DOT-OST-2009-0160 | publisher = United States Department of Transportation | date = July 15, 2009 | accessdate = July 17, 2010}}</ref> and was operating flights to Chicago O'Hare with [[Canadair CRJ200]] regional jets operating as [[United Express]] on behalf of [[United Airlines]] via a [[code sharing]] agreement; however, SkyWest then ended all United Express service to Muskegon.<ref name="ReferenceA">united.com, Oct. 13, 2013 system timetable</ref><ref name="flightaware1">{{cite web|url=https://flightaware.com/live/airport/KMKG|title = MKG Muskegon County Airport (MKG/KMKG)}}</ref>
The airport hosted an [[air show]] called the Muskegon Air Fair until 2006. Due to budget deficits, the air fair was placed on hiatus for the summer of 2007, but had been reinstated during Muskegon's Summer Celebration. However, {{As of|2011|lc=y}}, the air show was then indefinitely canceled due to additional financial losses. In 2023, a new air show, Wings Over Muskegon, was presented by Yankee Air Museum and hosted by the airport. It was significantly smaller than previous shows.<ref name="Wings Over Muskegon">{{cite web|url=https://wingsovermuskegon.com/ |title= Wings Over Muskegon Air Show}}</ref>
[[Delta Connection]], operated by [[Mesaba Airlines]] with [[code sharing]] service on behalf of [[Delta Air Lines]], flew nonstop to [[Detroit Metropolitan Airport|Detroit]] until [[United Express]] began flights to [[O'Hare International Airport|Chicago]] with passenger counts to Detroit then decreasing resulting in Delta Connection ceasing all service to Muskegon.
In March of 2022, SkyWest announced that it would soon be ending service to Muskegon. On October 1, 2022, [[Southern Airways Express]] announced service between Muskegon and Chicago O'Hare. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wzzm13.com/article/travel/new-airline-essential-air-service-muskegon-county-airport/69-aa99e413-e813-4181-a6e6-8bef29d2860a|title = New airline chosen to provide essential air service at Muskegon County Airport}}</ref> Southern Airlines was operating the [[Cessna 208 Caravan]] turboprop on this route and proposed offering more flights out of Muskegon; however, this airline no longer serves the airport.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/2022/05/airline-proposes-many-more-flights-out-of-muskegon-county-airport.html|title = Airline proposes many more flights out of Muskegon County Airport}}</ref>
On October 1, 2024, Muskegon County Airport announced that [[Denver Air Connection]] would be taking over the [[Essential Air Service]] (EAS) contract to Muskegon effective November 1, 2024. Denver Air Connection announced it would operate 24 weekly departures to and from Chicago O'Hare (ORD) with [[Embraer ERJ-145]] regional jet aircraft.
==Facilities and aircraft==
Muskegon County Airport covers an area of 1,200 [[acre]]s (486 [[hectare|ha]]) at an [[elevation]] of 629 feet (192 m) above [[mean sea level]]. It has two [[Asphalt concrete|asphalt]] paved [[runway]]s: 6/24 is 6,501 by 150 feet (1,982 x 46 m) and 14/32 is 6,100 by 150 feet (1,859 x 46 m).<ref name="FAA" />
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2021 the airport had 23,000 aircraft operations, an average of 63 per day: 84% [[general aviation]], 14% [[airline|scheduled commercial]], 1% [[military aviation|military]], and <1% [[air taxi]]. At that time 81 aircraft were based at this airport: 57 single-engine and 16 multi-engine [[Airplane|airplanes]], 5 [[jet aircraft|jet]], 2 [[helicopter|helicopters]], and 1% [[military aircraft|military]].<ref name="FAA" />
The airport is served by a [[Fixed-Base Operator|fixed-base operator]] (FBO), Executive Air Transport. The FBO provides [[Aviation fuel|fuel]] and other pilot services. [[Car rental]] agencies are available at the airport. The [[Muskegon, Michigan#Transportation|Muskegon Area Transit System]] (MATS) route ''Harvey'' provides bus service to the airport.
==Airlines and destinations==
{{More citations needed section|date=June 2024}}
[[Denver Air Connection]] is the only airline serving the airport at the present time with nonstop [[Embraer ERJ-145]] regional jet service to [[Chicago O'Hare Airport]] (ORD).<ref>https://www.muskegon.org/us-dot-selects-denver-air-connection-as-mkgs-air-service-provider/</ref><ref>https://www.secondwavemedia.com/lakeshore/features/Muskegon-County-Airport-denver-air-connection.aspx</ref> It has interline relationships with [[American Airlines]], [[Delta Air Lines]] and [[United Airlines]].
{{Airport destination list
|[[Denver Air Connection]] | [[O'Hare International Airport|Chicago–O'Hare]]<ref name=DACMKG>{{citeweb|url=https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/lakeshore/muskegon/muskegon-county-airport-adding-denver-air-connection|title=Muskegon County Airport adding Denver Air Connection|website=Fox 17 News|date= September 19, 2024|accessdate=2024-09-20}}</ref>}}
===Statistics===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Top domestic destinations (September 2023 – August 2024)<ref name="transtats.bts.gov">
{{cite web
| url = http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=MKG&End_YearMonth=24168
| title = Muskegon, MI: Muskegon County (MKG)
| publisher = [[Bureau of Transportation Statistics]] (BTS), [[Research and Innovative Technology Administration]] (RITA), [[U.S. Department of Transportation]]
}}
</ref>
|-
! Rank
! Airport
! Passengers
! Airline
|-
| 1
| [[O'Hare International Airport|Chicago–O'Hare International (ORD)]]
| 3,000
| Southern
|}
==Accidents and incidents==
*On June 30, 1981, a [[Cessna 402|Cessna 401]] crashed while on its initial climbout from Muskegon. The probable cause was found to be a powerplant failure during climb for unknown reasons. The pilot's improper emergency procedures contributed to the accident.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CRASH OF A CESSNA 401 IN MUSKEGON: 5 KILLED|url=https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-cessna-401-muskegon-5-killed|access-date=2022-11-09 | website=Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives}}</ref>
*On July 24, 2010, a [[Beechcraft Musketeer|Beechcraft A24R Sierra]] lost engine power and impacted terrain after departing from Muskegon. The pilot, who was seriously injured in the crash, reported his fuel system checks and engine run-up were normal. The aircraft started losing power about 200 feet above the ground, and the pilot decided not to return to the airport due to his low altitude. The cause of the loss of engine power was undetermined.<ref>{{Cite web |title=N24584 accident description
|url=https://planecrashmap.com/plane/mi/N24584/|access-date=2022-11-09| website=Plane Crash Map}}</ref>
==Photo gallery==
<gallery widths=180>
File:ExecAirMKG.JPG|Executive Air ramp
File:MuskegonCountyAirportFAADiagram.svg|FAA airport diagram
</gallery>
==See also==
* [[List of airports in Michigan]]
==References==
{{reflist|colwidth=30em}}
==Other sources==
{{refbegin}}
* Essential Air Service documents ([http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=DOT-OST-2009-0160 Docket DOT-OST-2009-0160]) from the [[U.S. Department of Transportation]]:
** [http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOT-OST-2009-0160-0001 Ninety-day notice (July 15, 2009)]: from Mesaba Aviation, Inc. of its intent to discontinue unsubsidized scheduled air service at the following communities, effective October 12, 2009: Paducah, KY; Alpena, MI; Muskegon, MI; Hancock, MI; Sault Ste. Marie, MI; International Falls, MN; Tupelo, MS and Eau Claire, WI.
* Essential Air Service documents ([http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=DOT-OST-2009-0301 Docket OST-2009-0301]) from the [[U.S. Department of Transportation]]:
** [http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOT-OST-2009-0301-0001 Memorandum (November 19, 2009)]: closing out docket DOT-2009-0160 and opening up eight new dockets for the various communities (Alpena, MI; Eau Claire, WI; Hancock/Houghton, MI; International Falls, MN; Muskegon, MI; Paducah, KY; Sault Ste. Marie, MI; Tupelo, MS).
** [http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOT-OST-2009-0301-0006 Order 2009-10-8 (October 16, 2009)]: selecting SkyWest Airlines, Inc., d/b/a United Express, to provide subsidized essential air service (EAS) at Hancock/Houghton and Muskegon, Michigan, Paducah, Kentucky, and Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
** [http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOT-OST-2009-0301-0015 Order 2012-1-24 (January 26, 2012)]: tentatively re-selecting SkyWest Airlines, Inc. to provide Essential Air Service (EAS) with subsidy rates as follows: Eau Claire, Wisconsin, $1,733,576; Hancock/Houghton, Michigan, $934,156; Muskegon, Michigan, $1,576,067; and Paducah, Kentucky, $1,710,775.
** [http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOT-OST-2009-0301-0018 Order 2012-2-2 (February 1, 2012)]: makes final the selection of SkyWest Airlines, Inc., to provide Essential Air Service at Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Hancock/Houghton, Michigan; and Paducah, Kentucky (at Muskegon, the selection of SkyWest was not finalized at this time).
** [http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOT-OST-2009-0301-0019 Order 2012-2-11 (February 15, 2012)]: makes final the selection of SkyWest Airlines, Inc., to provide Essential Air Service at Muskegon, Michigan.
** [http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOT-OST-2009-0301-0026 Order 2013-10-8 (October 21, 2013)]: reselecting Delta Air Lines, Inc., to provide Essential Air Service (EAS) at Pellston and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan; and SkyWest Airlines, at Paducah, Kentucky; Hancock/Houghton, and Muskegon, Michigan; and Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The Order also tentatively reselects American Airlines, at Watertown, New York. ''Muskegon, Michigan: Docket 2009-0301; effective Period: January 1, 2014, through January 31, 2016; Service: Fourteen (14) nonstop round trips per week to [[Chicago O'Hare]] (ORD); Aircraft Type: [[CRJ-200]]; Annual Subsidy: $1,389,952.''
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==External links==
* {{Official website| https://flymuskegon.com/}}
* [http://msrmaps.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=12&lat=43.1677&lon=-86.2354&w=800&h=600&lp=---+None+--- Aerial image as of May 1997] from [[USGS]] ''[[The National Map]]''
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