Charlevoix Municipal
CVX · KCVX · Charlevoix, Michigan · Charlevoix County · map
Charlevoix Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Charlevoix, 1 mile southwest of Charlevoix, Michigan, 669 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 4,549 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CVX · ICAO KCVX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Charlevoix
- Elevation
- 669 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1945
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 4,549 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Non-standard lights |
| 04/22 | 1,280 × 200 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 09: PAPI, four lights on the right, brush 6 ft high 277 ft from the end
- Runway 27: PAPI, four lights on the right, tree 54 ft high 1,265 ft from the end
- Runway 04: tree 97 ft high 1,902 ft from the end
- Runway 22: tree 32 ft high 591 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Cvx and aWOS-3P | 120.0 | |
| Pellston and center (remote transmitter) Low | 134.6 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 231-237-9703.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Charlevoix from the FAA register
31 aircraft are registered to owners in Charlevoix, Michigan: 21 piston singles, 7 piston twins, 3 turboprops. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Michigan.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Estabd bfr 1959.
- Runway 09/27 upslp from east to west, steepest grad ocrs west third of runway.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 09 and 27; PAPI runway 09 and 27; non-standard medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - the common traffic frequency.
- Landing fee waived with mnm fuel purchase.
- Unatndd major holidays.
- Asst amgr: russ mccraney.
- Closed NOV-APR.
- Non-standard medium-intensity runway lights due to runway 27 threshold lights located outboard from runway edges.
- Preferred landing runway 11:00 pm to 7:00 am.
- Preferred takeoff runway 11:00 pm to 7:00 am.
- 3 feet yellow cones.
- 3 feet yellow cones.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.