# Marquette Sawyer Regional Airport (MQT / KSAW)

**Marquette Sawyer Regional Airport** (IATA: MQT, ICAO: KSAW) is a medium airport in Gwinn, Michigan, United States. It opened in 1999. It has one runway, 9,072 ft (2,765 m) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 112 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MQT / KSAW
- FAA: SAW
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Gwinn, Michigan, United States
- Opened: 1999 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 1,205 ft / 367 m
- Coordinates: 46.3515, -87.3959
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 9,072 ft / 2,765 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches
- Passengers: 112,468 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/Detroit
- Website: http://www.sawyerairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquette_Sawyer_Regional_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4568758
- Weather station: KSAW
- Ident: KSAW

## Timeline

- 1999: Marquette Sawyer Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 9,072 ft / 2,765 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 009° / 189° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00773AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 84,524 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 90,007 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 101,359 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 105,508 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 117,051 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 53,148 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 102,048 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 84,371 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 83,968 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 88,770 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 112,468 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [MSP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmsp.md) Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field · United States · 300 mi / 482 km · Delta Connection
- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 303 mi / 488 km · American Eagle
- [DTW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdtw.md) Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · United States · 349 mi / 561 km · Delta Connection

### Cargo (2)

- [MKE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmke.md) General Mitchell International Airport · United States · 237 mi / 381 km · FedEx Express
- [LAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klan.md) Capital Region International Airport · United States · 283 mi / 455 km · Ameriflight

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- [Delta Connection](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/delta-connection) · 2
- [American Eagle](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-eagle) · 1

### Cargo (2)

- A8 [Ameriflight](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ameriflight) · 1
- FX [FedEx Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fedex-express) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 112K (2025) | #1,765 of 3,974 | #398 in North America | #266 in US |
| Longest runway | 9,072 ft / 2,765 m | =1,713 of 29,858 | #352 in North America | #258 in US |
| Elevation | 1,205 ft / 367 m | =14,950 of 43,403 | =6,491 in North America | =5,077 in US |
| Age | Opened 1999 | =11,027 of 15,079 | =8,642 in North America | =8,524 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 118.375 |
| CNTR | MINNEAPOLIS CNTR | 119.100 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 119.975 |
| GND | GND | 121.650 |
| RDO | GREEN BAY RDO | 123.600 |
| TWR | TWR | 119.975 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [ESC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kesc.md) Delta County Airport · 46 mi / 74 km
- [IMT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kimt.md) Ford Airport · 50 mi / 81 km
- [CMX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcmx.md) Houghton County Memorial Airport · 77 mi / 123 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: “Marquette Sawyer Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marquette_Sawyer_Regional_Airport&oldid=1371157864), revision of 24 Aug 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/ksaw/data