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W. K. Kellogg Airport〔〔 is a city owned, public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) west of the central business district of Battle Creek, a city in Calhoun County, Michigan, United States.〔 The airport is accessible by road from Helmer Road, and is located near I-94. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a ''general aviation'' facility. It is also known as W. K. Kellogg Regional Airport.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Battle Creek-WK Kellogg Regional Airport, MI profile )〕 It addition to general aviation, the airport supports air cargo and corporate flight operations. It is home to Western Michigan University College of Aviation, ''Duncan Aviation'' – the nation’s largest family-owned aircraft refurbishing company, WACO Classic Aircraft Corporation, Federal Express regional truck distribution facility, and other aviation businesses. The Battle Creek Field of Flight Air Show and Balloon Festival is also held annually at Kellogg Airport. The airfield is co-located with the Kellogg Air National Guard Base, home of the 110th Airlift Wing (110 AW), a unit of the Michigan Air National Guard operationally gained by the Air Mobility Command (AMC). This airport should not be confused with the W.K. Kellogg Airport in Pomona, California, which operated from 1928 to 1932 and was then the largest privately owned airport in the country. ==History== During World War II the airfield was used by the United States Army Air Forces. In May 2010, construction began on a new $7.2 million, long by wide runway parallel to existing runway 5/23. The new runway designated 5R-23L opened July 7, 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 W.K. Kellogg Airport: New Parallel Runway 5R-23L )〕 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「W. K. Kellogg Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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