Jackson County Airport (Michigan)
Jackson County Airport , also known as Reynolds Field, is a county-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) west of the central business district of Jackson, in Jackson County, Michigan, United States. It is a class D airport with operating control tower. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a regional general aviation facility. The airport serves as a general aviation facility and is home to the Jackson College Flight Center. In 2005 the airport became home  to Prestige Aircraft Company LLC, a light sport aircraft manufacturer. Facilities and aircraft. Jackson County-Reynolds Field covers an area of at an elevation of 1,001 feet (305 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 6/24 is 5,349 by 150 feet (1,630 x 46 m) and 14/32 is 4,000 by 100 feet (1,219 x 30 m). A new ashpahlt paved runway named 7/25 is 5,349 feet by 100 feet (1,630 x 30.5 m) and will replace runway 6/24 in 2017, which will be decommissioned and excavated. The new runway has 1,000 feet of additional runoff space  on each end. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2010, the airport had 56,920 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 139 per day. At that time there were 109 aircraft based at this airport: 85 single-engine aircraft, 14 multi-engine aircraft, 3 jet aircraft, 3 helicopters and 4 ultralight aircraft. Historical airline service. The airport was served by commercial airlines from the 1920's until 1989. American Airlines served Jackson until about 1952 as one of several stops on a route between Chicago and Detroit. Other stops along the route included South Bend, IN as well  as Kalamazoo, Battle Creek, and Ann Arbor, MI. North Central Airlines then took over serving the Chicago-Detroit local multi-stop route. In 1979 North Central merged with other carriers to become Republic Airlines. Republic continued to serve Jackson with flights to Detroit until 1981 when the service was transferred to Simmons Airlines. In 1985 Simmons became a feeder carrier for Republic known as Republic Express. In 1986 Republic was merged into Northwest Airlines and the service operated by Simmons became known as Northwest Airlink. In 1989 the Simmons flights to Detroit were then switched to American Eagle, affiliation with  American Airlines but service ended by November, 1989.