Cherry Capital Airport
TVC · KTVC · Traverse City, Michigan · Grand Traverse County · map
Cherry Capital Airport is a public-use airport owned by Northwest Rgnl Airport Authority, 2 miles southeast of Traverse City, Michigan, 624 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 10/28, is 7,016 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 138 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 94,398 takeoffs and landings a year. About 377,413 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KTVC · observed 6:53 pm EDT (22:53 UTC), 39 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (200°) at 15 knots, gusting to 25
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 5,000 feet, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet
- Temperature 66°F (19°C), dew point 44°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 29.78 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 7:22 pm EDT (23:22 UTC), good until Wed 8:00 pm EDT (00:00 UTC)
- From Tue 8:00 pm EDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 15 knots, gusting to 25, visibility more than 6 miles, low-level wind shear, scattered clouds at 5,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 2:00 am EDT (06:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 9 knots, gusting to 24, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 5,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 4:00 am EDT (08:00 UTC): wind from the west at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 7,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the west at 9 knots, gusting to 19, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KTVC 062253Z 20015G25KT 10SM FEW050 SCT250 19/07 A2978 RMK AO2 SLP085 T01890067
TAF KTVC 062322Z 0700/0724 20015G25KT P6SM SCT050 WS020/22045KT FM070600 22009G24KT P6SM SCT050 FM070800 26005KT P6SM SCT070 FM071800 28009G19KT P6SM FEW250
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA TVC · ICAO KTVC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Northwest Rgnl Airport Authority
- Elevation
- 624 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 0700 - 2100 est; 0700 - 2200 edt
- Attended
- every day, 4:00 am to 1:00 am
- 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
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 7,016 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | High-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 5,378 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), tree 80 ft high 3,209 ft from the end
- Runway 28: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), tower 452 ft high 16,493 ft from the end
- Runway 18: VASI, four boxes on the left, threshold displaced 272 ft, 4,838 ft available for landing, tree 70 ft high 1,199 ft from the end
- Runway 36: VASI, four boxes on the left, 5,108 ft available for landing, fence 14 ft high 769 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 124.2 | Traverse City |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 119.175 | Traverse City |
| Ground | 121.8 | Traverse City |
| Traverse City Rco | 122.2 | Traverse City |
| Traverse City Center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.9 | Traverse City |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 231-486-2920.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 94,398, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
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 Traverse City from the FAA register
114 aircraft are registered to owners in Traverse City, Michigan: 84 piston singles, 9 turboprops, 9 piston twins, 4 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 4 business jets. 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 · 27 since 1982, 5 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
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 10 and 28; high-intensity runway lights runway 10/28; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 10 and 28; VASI runway 18 and 36 operates continuously.
- 100LL self service fuel available with credit card durg the FBO (fixed-base operator) hours only.
- Dthr approach slope 19:1.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Snow removal operations in progress winter months; snow command will be monitoring the common traffic frequency during NON-ATCT hours. Aircraft landing/departing tvc should announce their intentions on the common traffic frequency when the control tower closed.
- Taxiway C-2/C-3 east of taxiway C not available to air carrier aircraft.
- Flight crews should read back all adzy information provided by snow command.
- Airport surface condition unmon between 0100 - 0400.
- Parasailing operations 1.5 NM northeast of airport from memorial day to labor day 600 feet above ground level from sunrise to sunset daily.
- All transient aircraft chrgd landing, overnight ramp parking fee except military.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -21C.
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.