Chippewa County International Airport

Chippewa County International Airport (KCIU) is a medium airport in Kincheloe, MI. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code KCIU or IATA code CIU. It sits in North America.

Chippewa County International Airport is a regional commercial airport that doubles as a busy private-aviation base. Operators benefit from full instrument approaches and an FBO infrastructure scaled for regular jet traffic, often without the congestion of the nearest major hub.

The longest runway measures 7,203 ft (2,195 m), a heavy-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Gulfstream G550, Falcon 7X, and Bombardier Global 5500. In practice this most heavy and super-midsize jets operate here without restriction.

Chippewa County International Airport sits near sea level at 800 ft.

Local operations run on America/Detroit. Scheduled airline service is light enough that it rarely interferes with charter movements, though planners should still expect to coordinate with the handling agent for international turnarounds.

SkyAccess currently tracks 1 departing and 44 arriving private-jet legs at KCIU across the next six months of operator inventory. 3 charter operators have run trips through this field in our recent inventory window.

Regional fields like KCIU are a meaningful share of US private aviation — closer to the trip's actual origin or destination than the nearest major hub, with shorter ramp-to-cabin times that are the main reason owners and brokers prefer them.

Chippewa County International Airport is a public use airport in Chippewa County, Michigan, United States. It is located 15 nautical miles south of the central business district of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. The airport is owned by the Chippewa County Economic Development Corporation. It was formerly the site of the Kincheloe Air Force Base, which closed in 1977.