Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport

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Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport (AZO)

IATA: AZO - ICAO: KAZO
Summary
Airport type		public
Operator		Kalamazoo County
Serves		Kalamazoo, Michigan
Elevation AMSL		874 ft (266.4 m)
Coordinates		42°14′05.6″N, 85°33′07.4″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
17/35	6,500	1,981	Paved
5/23	3,436	1,047	Paved
9/27	2,800	853	Paved

Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport (IATA: AZO, ICAO: KAZO) is an airport in Kalamazoo, Michigan, near Battle Creek, Michigan. It has a 7-gate passenger terminal, and a larger state of the art replacement terminal has been planned, but construction has been held back due to some government grants that have a lack of funding.

The airport has an operating ATC Tower, and an approach/ departure control center, making for a class "D" airport with a TRSA (Terminal Radar Service Area).

1 General aviation
2 Fixed base operators
3 Commercial airline service
4 Passenger terminal
5 Airlines and destinations
6 Competition
7 External links

[edit] General aviation

Kalamazoo Airport is used by private pilots passing by, local pilots, and by charter companies. Many local pilots store their small planes at the airports hangar complex due to the high level of security, and fencing. The airport also has 3 FBOs, which providde convenient maintenance.

[edit] Fixed base operators

At the airport, three fixed based operators have operations.

FBOs: Duncan Aviation provides fuel, a pilots lounge, chart sales, 24 hour vending, and is a full service FBO.

Kalamazoo Pilots Association provides at cost 100LL self-serve fuel to local and visitng pilots 24 hours per day.

Kalamazoo Aircraft Inc. provides maintence services for a variety or aircraft, and offers some of the region's best mechanical services.

[edit] Commercial airline service

The airport sees hundreds of thousands of passengers every year through commercial airline service. 6 Airlines service the airport on over 50 daily flights.

[edit] Passenger terminal

Currently, the Kalamazoo Airport has a 7 gate passenger terminal, with gates A1, A2, B1, and B2 being in the main terminal, and gates 3, 4, and 5 being down the secondary concourse.

Services inside the terminal include rental cars, shoe shine, video arcade, food court, pub, travel agents and real estate agents.

A new terminal is being planned, which will include state of the art facilities to meet the airports growning demands, but construction has been held off due to a lack of government funding which was originally expected.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

American Airlines
- American Eagle (Chicago-O'Hare, on a ERJ)
  
  An American Eagle Embraer ERJ arrives from Chicago (ORD)
Delta Air Lines
- Delta Connection operated by Comair (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky on a CRJ)
- Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines (Atlanta on a CRJ)

A Northwest DC-9 Departs for MSP

* Northwest Airlines (Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul on a DC-9 or A319)

- Northwest Airlink operated by Mesaba Airlines (Detroit on a SAAB 340, Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul on a RJ-85)
- Northwest Airlink operated by Pinnacle Airlines (Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul on a CRJ)
United Airlines
- United Express operated by SkyWest (Chicago-O'Hare on a CRJ)

[edit] Competition

Kalamazoo competes with larger, nearby airports, such as Grand Rapids, and South Bend, who offer similar flights as Kalamazoo, but often at lower prices. Kalamazoo has received grants from the federal government to bring lower fares to Kalamazoo, more flights to the airport, and also more non-stop destinations. Delta's Atlanta flight is the result of such government grants.