2011-07-26

0G5

Grand Marais/Cook County Seaplane Base

Grand Marais/Cook County Seaplane Base
IATA: noneICAO: noneFAA LID: 0G5
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Cook County
Serves Grand Marais, Minnesota
Elevation AMSL 1,635 ft / 498 m
Coordinates 47°49′N 090°23′W / 47.817°N 90.383°W
Website www.boreal.org/airport/
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9/27 15,000 4,572 Water
3/21 3,000 914 Water
Statistics (2003)
Aircraft operations 550
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Grand Marais/Cook County Seaplane Base (FAA LID: 0G5) is a county-owned, public-use seaplane base located six nautical miles (11 km) northwest of the central business district of Grand Marais, a city in Cook County, Minnesota, United States.

It is located on the shore of Devil's Track Lake and was formerly part of Devil's Track Municipal Airport (FAA: GRM). That airport had a runway which closed after the opening of Grand Marais/Cook County Airport (FAA: CKC), located one mile (1.6 km) to the north.

Facilities and aircraft

Grand Marais/Cook County Seaplane Base covers an area of 6 acres (2 ha) at an elevation of 1,635 feet (498 m) above mean sea level. It has two seaplane landing areas: 9/27 is 15,000 x 1,500 feet (4,572 x 457 m) and 3/21 is 3,000 x 2,000 feet (914 x 610 m). For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2003, the airport had 550 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 46 per month.

See also

References

  1. ^ FAA Airport Master Record for 0G5 (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2008-04-10
  2. Skyport Airport / Devil's Track Municipal Airport (GRM) at Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields

External links






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