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2006 USGS photo. Willow Run Airport covers 2,392 acres (968 ha) and has two runways, a continuously staffed FAA control tower, and US Customs operations. [1] It is one of two facilities operated by the Wayne County Airport Authority, the other being Detroit Metropolitan Airport, which replaced Willow Run as the major commercial airport for the region starting in 1958.
The airfield, owned by the Wayne County Airport Authority since 2004, continues to operate as the Willow Run Airport and is primarily used for cargo and general aviation flights. The Yankee Air Museum resides on the airport grounds, occupying as of April 2013 a 47,000-square-foot (4,400 m 2 ) hangar and other properties.
The Willow Run Community Schools (WRCS) was a school district in Washtenaw County, Michigan, serving portions of Superior Township and Ypsilanti Township. [1] It was the sole political entity entirely of the "Willow Run" community. [ 2 ]
The air show will be held at the Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti. When is the show? The air show will run Saturday and Sunday, with gates open to the public from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.
The Michigan Aeronautical Research Center (MARC) was one of America's leading air research organizations, run by the University of Michigan at Willow Run Airport.It played a leading role in the creation of the Bomarc Missile Program, alongside Boeing.
On April 3, 1971, Willow Run High principal R. Wiley Brownlee was driven off the road he was traveling on, then tarred and feathered by five Ku Klux Klan members, to discourage his lobbying to formally recognize the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr., and in an attempt to discourage him from promoting racial harmony at the high school.
On the night of October 9, 2004, the Yankee Air Museum's hangar on the northeast side of Willow Run Airport (KYIP) burned down. [7] The B-17, B-25 and C-47 were saved through heroic efforts by museum volunteers. The Stinson [clarification needed] was at another hangar.
On April 18, 1998, a Cessna 150 crashed south of the airport during a training flight. The aircraft had just departed Canton–Plymouth Mettetal Airport en route to Willow Run when the engine lost power, and the aircraft executed a forced landing in a nearby field. [13] On October 20, 2002, a Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six crashed while landing at ...