# Chippewa County International Airport (CIU / KCIU)

**Chippewa County International Airport** (IATA: CIU, ICAO: KCIU) is a medium airport in Kincheloe, Michigan, United States. It has 2 runways; the longest is 7,203 ft (2,196 m). In 2025 it handled 61 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kciu

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CIU / KCIU
- FAA: CIU
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Kincheloe, Michigan, United States
- Elevation: 799 ft / 244 m
- Coordinates: 46.2420, -84.4621
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 7,203 ft / 2,196 m
- Instrument procedures: 5 approaches
- Passengers: 60,819 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/Detroit
- Website: http://www.airciu.com
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chippewa_County_International_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3274238
- Weather station: KCIU
- Ident: KCIU

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 7,203 ft / 2,196 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 150° / 330° | yes |
| 10/28 | 5,001 ft / 1,524 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 090° / 270° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00810AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 45,336 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 41,168 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 43,936 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 46,168 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 48,342 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 21,072 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 34,143 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 44,196 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 44,249 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 52,032 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 60,819 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [DTW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdtw.md) Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · United States · 284 mi / 457 km · Delta Connection
- [MSP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmsp.md) Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field · United States · 434 mi / 698 km · Delta Connection

### Seasonal (1)

- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 341 mi / 548 km · United Express

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from CIU, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- [Delta Connection](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/delta-connection) · 2
- UA [United Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-express) · 1 · seasonal

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 61K (2025) | #2,004 of 3,974 | #458 in North America | #308 in US |
| Longest runway | 7,203 ft / 2,196 m | =3,341 of 29,858 | =744 in North America | =552 in US |
| Elevation | 799 ft / 244 m | #21,493 of 43,403 | #10,100 in North America | #8,308 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 127.575 |
| CNTR | TORONTO CNTR | 132.650 |
| RDO | GREEN BAY RDO | 123.650 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [YAM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyam.md) Sault Ste Marie Airport · 17 mi / 27 km
- [PLN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpln.md) Pellston Regional Airport of Emmet County Airport · 49 mi / 79 km
- [YEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyel.md) Elliot Lake Municipal Airport · 91 mi / 147 km
- [APN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kapn.md) Alpena County Regional Airport · 91 mi / 147 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Chippewa County International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chippewa_County_International_Airport&oldid=1374911408), revision of 14 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kciu/data