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Miller Field closed as an airbase in 1969. [2] US Army 11th Special Forces Reserve was stationed at Miller Field from March 22, 1963, to August 1, 1970. The Field was the site of the Elm Tree Beacon Light, a lighthouse from 1856 through 1924 when it was abandoned (and later rebuilt). The light had replaced a prominent elm tree.
Miller Field covers 279 acres (113 ha) at an elevation of 2,595 feet (791 m). It has two runways: 14/32 is 4,704 by 75 feet (1,433 x 23 m) concrete and 3/21 is 3,701 by 60 feet (1,128 x 18 m) concrete. In the year ending June 24, 2020 the airport had 4,900 aircraft operations, average 94 per week: 81% general aviation, 19% air taxi and <1% ...
Miller Airlines provided service on a route from Chicago (Meigs) to Cadillac, and in 1969 added service to Ludington and Detroit City Airport. [3] This service lasted until 1971, when use of the airport began to decline. Miller Industries attempted to sell the field to Reed City for $1, but the city was not interested in maintaining the airport ...
Miller Field Airport had one 6,500-foot runway (17/35) along with a fixed-base operator providing fuel and general aviation repairs. It was listed as being owned by a Mr Delmer Miller in 1985. [6] During the 1980s Miller Field was used by drug smugglers who flew cocaine out of Mexico in general aviation aircraft.
Through the 1930s Miller Airport received many New Deal projects including a new administration building, a third runway, and a field lighting system. The airport land was expanded to 170 acres (0.69 km 2) and a fourth runway was added by 1938.
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The Constellation crashed on Miller Field in Staten Island and the DC-8 in Park Slope, Brooklyn, killing all 128 aboard the two aircraft and six people on the ground. The accident was the world's deadliest aviation disaster at the time, and remains the deadliest accident in the history of United Airlines.