Willow Run Airport

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airport cargo airport general aviation airport public airport

Willow Run Airport is a historic public airport near Ypsilanti, Michigan, best known for its World War II-era bomber production and ongoing role in cargo and general aviation operations.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Willow Run Airport canonical	4
Wayne County Airport Authority	1
Willow Run Airport region	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	airport ⓘ cargo airport ⓘ general aviation airport ⓘ public airport ⓘ
associatedWith	Ford Motor Company ⓘ Willow Run Bomber Plant ⓘ surface form: Willow Run manufacturing complex
builtFor	World War II bomber production ⓘ
category	Airports in Michigan ⓘ Transportation in Washtenaw County, Michigan ⓘ Transportation in Wayne County, Michigan ⓘ World War II industrial site in Michigan ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
elevation	218 m ⓘ 716 ft ⓘ
FAAcode	YIP ⓘ
hasFacility	air cargo terminals ⓘ aircraft maintenance hangars ⓘ general aviation hangars ⓘ
hasNo	regularly scheduled commercial passenger airline service ⓘ
hasRunway	Runway 14/32 ⓘ Runway 5L/23R ⓘ Runway 5R/23L ⓘ Runway 9/27 ⓘ
historicalAircraftProduced	Consolidated B-24 Liberator ⓘ surface form: B-24 Liberator
historicalRole	major World War II bomber production site ⓘ
IATAcode	YIP ⓘ
ICAOcode	KYIP ⓘ
locatedIn	Washtenaw County, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Wayne County, Michigan ⓘ Ypsilanti Township, Michigan ⓘ Michigan ⓘ surface form: state of Michigan
locatedNear	Ypsilanti ⓘ surface form: Ypsilanti, Michigan
namedAfter	Willow Run Creek ⓘ
nearbyAirport	Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport ⓘ
nearbyCity	Detroit ⓘ surface form: Detroit, Michigan
opened	1942 ⓘ
operator	Wayne County Airport Authority ⓘ
owner	Wayne County Airport Authority ⓘ
primaryUse	cargo operations ⓘ general aviation ⓘ
runwayCount	4 ⓘ
serves	Detroit metropolitan area ⓘ
surfaceType	asphalt ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
usedFor	air cargo flights ⓘ aircraft maintenance operations ⓘ charter flights ⓘ corporate aviation ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wayne County, Michigan → contains → Willow Run Airport ⓘ

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport → operatedBy → Willow Run Airport ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wayne County Airport Authority

Ypsilanti → hasAirport → Willow Run Airport ⓘ

Metro Detroit → hasAirport → Willow Run Airport ⓘ

Van Buren Township, Michigan → containsPart → Willow Run Airport ⓘ

this entity surface form: Willow Run Airport region

Van Buren Township, Michigan → hasTransportationFacility → Willow Run Airport ⓘ