Clare Municipal Airport is a public airport located one mile (2 km) east of downtown Clare, a city in Clare County, Michigan, United States. The airport became active in 1941. It serves general aviation for Clare and the surrounding area. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a local general aviation facility. The airport is home to a flight school as well as a commercial pipeline inspection company. The airport hosts a number of annual community events such as an Easter Egg drop, an ice cream social, a chili cook-off, and an RC Jet event. During Hurricane Dorian in 2019, the airport made its spare parking spaces available to affected aircraft owners who wanted to move the planes for safekeeping during the storm. Up to 60 places were available.

Facilities and aircraft

Clare Municipal Airport covers an area of 200 acre which contains two asphalt paved runways: 4/22 measuring 3,500 x 75 ft (1,067 x 23 m) and 9/27 measuring 2,500 x 75 ft (762 x 23 m). The airport has a fixed-base operator that offers fuel, courtesy transportation, conference rooms, a crew lounge, showers, and more. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2019, the airport had 8,030 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 22 per day. There are 34 aircraft based at this airport: 34 single-engine and 2 multi-engine airplanes as well as 1 ultralight.

Accidents and incidents