KTVC Cherry Capital Airport
Traverse City, MI · 2 miles SE of TRAVERSE CITY, MI
Public
Towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO KTVC
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 623.9 ft
- Coordinates
- 44-44-29.6830N 085-34-54.7320W
- Lat / Long
- 44.7415786, -85.58187
- Mag. variation
- 05W (1985)
- Time zone
- UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 04/1940
- ARTCC
- MINNEAPOLIS CENTER
- FSS
- LANSING FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- TVC (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- 0400-0100 DURG HRS WHEN ARPT IS UNATNDD CALL ARPT OPNS 231-313-0928. FOR FBO HRS OF OPS CALL 231-929-1126.
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- yes
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- WHEN ATCT CLSD ACTVT MALSR RWY 10 & 28; HIRL RWY 10/28; MIRL RWY 18/36 - CTAF. PAPI RWY 10 & 28; VASI RWY 18 & 36 OPR CONSLY.
Airport diagram FAA official
Range from KTVC
Runways
Longest 7016 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 7016 x 150 ft. / 2138 x 46 m
- Surface
- asphalt/grooved, in fair condition
- Edge lights
- high intensity
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 116.0
Runway 10
- Heading
- 099 magnetic, 094 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Instrument approach
- ILS/DME
- Approach lights
- MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
- Declared distances
- TORA:7016 TODA:7016 ASDA:7016 LDA:7016
- Markings
- precision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- no
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 623.9 ft.
- Obstructions
- 80 ft. tree, 3209 ft. from runway, 187 ft. right of centerline, 37:1 slope to clear
Runway 28
- Heading
- 279 magnetic, 274 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Instrument approach
- ILS
- Approach lights
- MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
- Declared distances
- TORA:7016 TODA:7016 ASDA:7016 LDA:7016
- Markings
- precision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- no
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 606.9 ft.
- Obstructions
- 452 ft. tower, lighted, 16493 ft. from runway, 2359 ft. left of centerline, 36:1 slope to clear
- Dimensions
- 5378 x 150 ft. / 1639 x 46 m
- Surface
- asphalt/grooved, in fair condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 79.0
Runway 18
- Heading
- 185 magnetic, 180 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Declared distances
- TORA:5378 TODA:5378 ASDA:5108 LDA:4838
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Displaced threshold
- 272 ft.
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- no
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 616.8 ft.
- Obstructions
- 70 ft. tree, 1199 ft. from runway, 148 ft. left of centerline, 14:1 slope to clear
Runway 36
- Heading
- 005 magnetic, 000 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-box VASI on left (3.50 degrees glide path)
- Declared distances
- TORA:5378 TODA:5378 ASDA:5108 LDA:5108
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Displaced threshold
- no
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- no
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 623.4 ft.
- Obstructions
- DTHR APCH SLOPE 19:1.
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 2
Approaches — IAP 6
Arrivals — STAR 0
None published.
Other charts 1
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- yes
- Ctaf
- 124.2
- Unicom
- 122.95
- Atis
- 119.175
- Wx Asos
- PHONE 231-486-2920
- Traverse City Ground
- 121.8 348.6 [0700 - 2100 EST; 0700 - 2200 EDT]
- Traverse City Tower
- 124.2 348.6 [0700 - 2100 EST; 0700 - 2200 EDT]
- Approach Lights
- MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
- Instrument Approach
- ILS/DME
Services
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A+ 100LL:100LL SELF SVC FUEL AVBL WITH CREDIT CARD DURG FBO HRS ONLY.
- Parking
- hangars and tiedowns
- Airframe service
- MAJOR
- Powerplant service
- MAJOR
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.