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Beaver Island Airport Commission

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Coordinates45.6937° N, 85.5665° WGoogle MapsDownload KML
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Summary

The Beaver Island Airport Commission is a joint Township body connected to the Beaver Island Airport. A 2026 Peaine resolution states that St. James and Peaine formed it through an interlocal agreement under Michigan’s Aeronautics Code and share operating costs equally.

Evidence and limits

The held resolution establishes the stated joint formation and cost-sharing description, plus a limited authorization for its Chair to sign runway-loan contract documents. It does not provide the agreement itself, a formation date, complete membership, ownership or operating terms, or evidence of completed work.

The dated record

7 dated events · 1967–2024These years on the timeline →

Sources

  1. The commission is mapped to the airport it jointly governs as a representative administrative location; this does not claim that the commission has a separate office at the runway.
    osm · aeroway
  2. The resolution states that St. James and Peaine formed the Commission under an interlocal agreement authorized by MCL 259.134 and share operating costs equally. It also authorizes its Chair to sign necessary runway-rehabilitation loan contract documents. It does not establish formation date, agreement text, full membership, ownership, all operating terms, loan allocation, contracts, construction, or airport outcome.
    governance · township_meetings · peaine-board · 01-20-2026-board-of-trustees-regular-meeting-minutes-approved-6aba87bf7c
  3. The commission advertised a new year-round maintenance role with runway, grounds, equipment, lighting, terminal, AWOS, and water-sampling duties. This establishes recruitment and intended responsibilities, not a hire or completed maintenance.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 17 · t017063

Added 2 August 2026 · revised 7 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Airport Commission”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/organizations/beaver-island-airport-commission/, accessed [date], citing OpenStreetMap, Beaver Island Airport feature, downloaded 2026-08-06. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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