Mason Jewett Field Airport

Mason Jewett Field Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorCapital Region Airport Authority
ServesMason, Michigan
Elevation AMSL920 ft / 280 m
Coordinates42°33′57″N 084°25′24″W / 42.56583°N 84.42333°W / 42.56583; -84.42333
Websitewww.flylansing.com/...
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 4,000 1,219 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations17,820 Decrease 15%
Based aircraft64

Mason Jewett Field (ICAO: KTEW, FAA LID: TEW) is a public airport in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is one mile (1.85 km) southeast of Mason, in Ingham County.[1] The airport is owned and operated by the Capital Region Airport Authority.[1] The airport covers 275 acres (111 ha). The elevation is 920 feet (280 m) above sea level. The airport has one asphalt runway. There is no scheduled commercial airline service.

History

On December 16, 1943, Arthur Jewett bought 180 acres (73 ha) of land for the airport. In 1944, the runway was built.[2] In 1949 lights were installed on the runway.[3] In March 1977, the Capital Region Airport Authority purchased the airport from Arthur Jewett.[4]

An aerial photo of
Mason Jewett Field Airport[5]
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References

Notes
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 FAA Airport Master Record for TEW (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. AirportIQ, gcr1.com, Effective 18 November 2010.
  2. ↑ Smith, p. 3
  3. ↑ Smith, p. 4
  4. ↑ Smith, p. 5
  5. ↑ USGS TNM 2.0 Viewer from USGS The National Map, viewer.nationalmap.gov, retrieved 2010-Jul-26
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