Houghton Lake State Airport
Public use airport in Roscommon County, Michigan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Houghton Lake Airport (ICAO: 5Y2, FAA LID: 5Y2), known formally as Houghton Lake State Airport, is a state-owned public airport located in Roscommon County in the U.S. state of Michigan.[2] It is in the community of Houghton Lake Heights within Roscommon Township.[3] The airport is named after the nearby Houghton Lake just east of the airport, and it is also included within the census-designated place of Houghton Lake.[4]
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Michigan Department of Transportation | ||||||||||
Operator | Minneapolis ARTCC | ||||||||||
Location | Houghton Lake Heights Roscommon Township, Michigan | ||||||||||
Opened | 1932 (1932) | ||||||||||
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (-5) | ||||||||||
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (-4) | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,165 ft / 355 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 44°19′58″N 84°47′35″W | ||||||||||
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The airport was first constructed in 1932 and publicly activated in April 1940.[3] The facility is located near the intersection of M-55 (West Houghton Lake Drive) and Old U.S. Highway 27 about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) east of U.S. Highway 127. It is a publicly owned airport supported through tax dollars, and the airport is maintained by the Michigan Department of Transportation.
The airport is home to a chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association, which hosts events such as regular lunch fly-ins.[5]