Cherry Capital Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Traverse City, in Michigan, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is TVC.
Key facts
- IATA code
- TVC
- ICAO code
- KTVC
- City
- Traverse City
- State or region
- Michigan
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 44.7414° N, 85.5822° W
- Elevation
- 190 m (624 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 2,138 m (7,016 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, TVC means Cherry Capital Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KTVC. ICAO codes that begin with K belong to the mainland United States. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 44.7414° N, 85.5822° W. It stands 190 metres (624 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Green Bay, about 194 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Detroit, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Cherry Capital Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 2,138 metres (7,016 feet). That suits narrow-body jets and regional aircraft. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 337.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 2,138 m 7,016 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 18/36 | 1,639 m 5,378 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Manistee County Blacker AirportManistee | MBL | 74 km |
| Pellston Regional Airport of Emmet County AirportPellston | PLN | 111 km |
| Delta County AirportEscanaba | ESC | 161 km |
| Alpena County Regional AirportAlpena | APN | 164 km |
| MBS International AirportFreeland | MBS | 180 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 11,677 km | 14 h 35 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,588 km | 15 h 40 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,282 km | 14 h 05 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,001 km | 7 h 45 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 1,066 km | 1 h 45 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 3,041 km | 4 h 10 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 14,803 km | 18 h 20 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,987 km | 12 h 30 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,093 km | 18 h 40 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
Airport data: OurAirports, as downloaded on 11 November 2026. This page does not show live flights, terminals or airlines. For those, use the airport's or the airline's own site. See About and data sources.