Huron County Memorial Airport is a county-owned, public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) south of the central business district of Bad Axe, a city in Huron County, Michigan, United States. 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. Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned BAX by the FAA and no designation from the IATA (which assigned BAX to Barnaul Airport in Barnaul, Altai Krai, Russia ). The airport is occasionally used during military training exercises or as a stopover point for restored aircraft transiting to airshows. The airport hosts regular open houses allowing residents to tour airport facilities, experience various aircraft, and more. After the covid-19 pandemic began, the airport saw a number of upgrades, including a runway upgrade that completed in mid 2021.

Facilities and aircraft

Huron County Memorial Airport covers an area of 386 acre at an elevation of 763 feet (233 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 17/35 is 5,009 by 75 feet (1,527 x 23 m) and 4/22 is 3,495 by 75 feet (1,065 x 23 m). The airport has an FBO offering fuel and other services. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2021, the airport had 8,400 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 23 per day. At that time there were 22 aircraft based at this airport: 21 single-engine airplanes and 1 jet.

Accidents & Incidents