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Willow Run Airport. / 42.23792750°N 83.5304083°W / 42.23792750; -83.5304083. Willow Run Airport ( IATA: YIP, ICAO: KYIP, FAA LID: YIP) is an airport in Van Buren Charter Township and Ypsilanti Charter Township, [ 2][ 3] near Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States, that serves freight, corporate, and general aviation.
Willow Run, also known as Air Force Plant 31, was a manufacturing complex in Michigan, United States, located between Ypsilanti Township and Belleville, built by the Ford Motor Company to manufacture aircraft, especially the Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber. [1] Construction of the Willow Run Bomber Plant began in 1940 [2] and was ...
Michigan Flight Museum. / 42.23903; -83.50808. The Michigan Flight Museum, formerly known as the Yankee Air Museum, is an aviation museum located at Willow Run Airport in Van Buren Township, Michigan. The museum has a small fleet of flying aircraft and a collection of static display aircraft outdoors.
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.
Pentastar Aviation is an American aviation services company based in Waterford, Oakland County, Michigan. It provides domestic and international private charter flights, [1] avionics, maintenance services, in-flight catering and FBO services. Originally a subsidiary of the Chrysler Corporation, the company was sold in 2001 to Ford family member ...
USA Jet Airlines is an American cargo airline with its headquarters on the grounds of Willow Run Airport, and in Van Buren Township, Michigan. [2] [3] USA Jet operates on-demand air charter freight, and formerly passenger flights out of Willow Run Airport. [4] USA Jet Airlines is a division of Ascent Global Logistics (formerly Active Aero Group ).
Preserved at. Willow Run Airport in Van Buren Township, Michigan. Yankee Lady is a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, previously owned by the Yankee Air Museum of Van Buren Township, Michigan. Originally delivered to the U.S military in 1945, the plane did not see combat action; it was used by the United States Coast Guard for over a decade.
The airport is located about 4.3 miles (6.9 km) south of downtown Ann Arbor. The airport is a general aviation facility with mostly smaller corporate and private aircraft, with no scheduled passenger or cargo flights. [4] The airport is also occasionally used by aircraft transporting patients to the University of Michigan Health System. [4]