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Manistee County Blacker Airport is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Manistee, a city in Manistee County, Michigan, United States. It is owned by the Manistee County Blacker Airport Authority〔 and is mostly used for general aviation. Until March 2012 Frontier Airlines provided service to Milwaukee (MKE), subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. On March 15, 2012, a bid to provide Manistee County Blacker Airport with service to and from Chicago Midway International Airport was approved by the USDOT. On May 25, 2012, the Chicago Department of Aviation announced that the route will be flown by Public Charters, Inc. As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 2,087 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,〔 〕 2,735 in 2009, and 3,413 in 2010.〔 〕 The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a ''general aviation'' airport based on enplanements in 2008 (the ''commercial service'' category requires at least 2,500 per year).〔 〕 == History == On Saturday, April 1, 1961, the Manistee News-Advocate reported "North Central's inaugural Flight 914", piloted by Captain Leslie C. Raatz. The aircraft was a Convair 340. Though the article does not explicitly say so, this was the first commercial flight to Manistee.〔(Article in the Manistee News-Advocate of April 1, 1961. ) Scan provided by Les Raatz, son of the pilot.〕 Great Lakes Airlines decided not to bid for another two-year service contract to serve as the main airline. Instead, two other airlines bid and Frontier Airlines won. On September 20, 2011, Frontier announced that it would end its service on March 8, 2012. Frontier cut the route along with others to discontinue its use of smaller non-efficient planes, including the Embraer 135 that serves the route from Milwaukee to Manistee.〔(Manistee Airport Website's News and Announcements. ) Airport website (announcement made on July 13, 2010)〕 In May 2012, Public Charters Inc. began scheduled nonstop service, operated by Aerodynamics Inc. (ADI),〔(Aerodynamics Inc. (ADI) )〕 from Chicago Midway International Airport to and from Manistee.〔〔(Fly Manistee )〕 Initially, it provided service with the Embraer-145, a 50-seat regional jet. Later, service will transition to a 30-seat Embraer-120 turbo-prop aircraft. Public Charters temporarily suspended service in October 2012 when Aerodynamics announced that it would no longer operate the flights. Public Charters' flights at Manistee are now operated by Corporate Flight Management (CFM). , Public Charters offers four non-stop flights per week in each direction.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Airline service (effective November 15, 2012) )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Manistee County Blacker Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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