Skyway Estates Airport

Skyway Estates Airport
Skyway Estates Airport
	IATA: none; ICAO: none; FAA LID: 60G;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Keith Gibbs
Location	Eaton Rapids Township, Michigan
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (-5)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (-4)
Elevation AMSL	931 ft / 284 m
Coordinates	42°35′01.131″N84°39′04.93″W / 42.58364750°N 84.6513694°W
Runways
Statistics (2019)
Aircraft Movements
Aircraft Movements	504
Based Aircraft	10

Last updated January 22, 2024

Skyway Estates Airport( ICAO : K60G, FAA LID : 60G) is a privately-owned, public use general aviation airport located approximately 4 miles north of Eaton Rapids in Eaton Rapids Township, Eaton County, Michigan, United States.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Skyway Estates Airport has one runway. The airport is attended intermittently, and only during the day.

The airport has one runway, designated as runway 8/26. It measures 2,653 x 100 ft (809 x 30 m) and is made of turf. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2019, the airport has 504 aircraft operations per year, an average of 42 per month. It is entirely general aviation. For the same time period, 10 aircraft are based at the airport, all single-engine airplanes.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The airport does not have a fixed-base operator, and no fuel is available.^[4]

The airport is accessible by road from Columbia Highway, and is located approximately 1 mile west of M-99.

Accidents and incidents

On October 13, 1996, a Dellicker Starduster Too SA300 was destroyed when it impacted the terrain during the initial climb following takeoff from Skyway Estates Airports. Witnesses reported that the pilot performed an aggressive pull up and subsequently lost control of the airplane a few hundred feet above the ground, entering a steep right turn. The probable cause of the accident was found to be the pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed and subsequent inadvertent stall of the airplane.^[5]
On January 13, 2022, Piper PA-28 Cherokee crashed after departure from Skyway Estates airport. The crash is under investigation.^[6]^[7]^[8]

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References

1 2 "AirNav: 60G - Skyway Estates Airport". www.airnav.com. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
1 2 "(60G) Skyway Estates Airport". www.aopa.org. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
1 2 "60G - Skyway Estates Airport | SkyVector". skyvector.com. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
↑ "Skyway Estates Airport Overview and FBOs (Eaton Rapids, MI) [60G]". FlightAware. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
↑ "Dellicker STARDUSTER TOO SA300 crash in Michigan (N7691) | PlaneCrashMap.com". planecrashmap.com. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
↑ Kelly, Dane. "No injuries reported in Eaton County plane crash". NBC WILX News 10. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
↑ Palmer, Ken. "Two people walk away after small plane crashes Tuesday night near Eaton Rapids". Lansing State Journal. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
↑ "Accident Piper PA-28-181 Archer II N3553M, 14 Jun 2022". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2023-03-01.

External links

"Michigan Airport Directory - 60G" (PDF). (37.5 KiB)
Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for 60G
- AirNav airport information for 60G
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for 60G

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[:0-1] 1 2 "AirNav: 60G - Skyway Estates Airport". www.airnav.com. Retrieved 2023-03-01.

[:1-2] 1 2 "(60G) Skyway Estates Airport". www.aopa.org. Retrieved 2023-03-01.

[:2-3] 1 2 "60G - Skyway Estates Airport | SkyVector". skyvector.com. Retrieved 2023-03-01.

[4] "Skyway Estates Airport Overview and FBOs (Eaton Rapids, MI) [60G]". FlightAware. Retrieved 2023-03-01.

[5] "Dellicker STARDUSTER TOO SA300 crash in Michigan (N7691) | PlaneCrashMap.com". planecrashmap.com. Retrieved 2023-03-01.

[6] Kelly, Dane. "No injuries reported in Eaton County plane crash". NBC WILX News 10. Retrieved 2023-03-01.

[7] Palmer, Ken. "Two people walk away after small plane crashes Tuesday night near Eaton Rapids". Lansing State Journal. Retrieved 2023-03-01.

[8] "Accident Piper PA-28-181 Archer II N3553M, 14 Jun 2022". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2023-03-01.

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