TVC Travel Stays On Document Tempo

Travel numbers at Cherry Capital Airport (TVC) stay barely forward of final yr’s report passenger rely, amidst a slight downturn in state-wide air journey.

The Northwest Regional Airport Authority Board this week reviewed state-wide air journey numbers for the primary half of 2026 compiled by Michigan Department of Transportation. The information confirmed that passenger counts at 17 airports tracked by MDOT totaled simply over 18.9 million, a 1.4 % dip from final yr. Travel at TVC by means of June totaled 385,854 passengers, a 1.6 % improve from final yr.

Air journey at Michigan’s two largest airports dipped a bit thus far this yr. Detroit Metropolitan Airport fell 1.5 % to only over 15.6 million, whereas the Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids fell 0.5 % to underneath 2.1 million.

Travel was combined at different Michigan airports. Passenger counts at Bishop International Airport in Flint – the fourth-largest after Detroit, Grand Rapids and TVC – fell 0.7 % to only over 364,000 vacationers. MBS International Airport close to Sagniaw fell 5 % to only over 104,000, whereas Capital Regional International Airport in Lansing fell 23 % to 85,362. Battle Creek/Kalamazoo International Airport was up 11 % to virtually 91,000, whereas Sawyer International Airport in Marquette was up virtually 24 % to 56,116.

In northern Michigan, air journey by means of June at Pellston Regional Airport in Emmet County fell greater than 20 % to 18,462, whereas journey was up  virtually 10 % at Blacker Airport in Manistee to only over 7,000.

In July, TVC’s month-to-month operations report confirmed 149,016 vacationers by means of the airport, a 2.7 % dip from final yr. Cherry Capital CEO Kevin Klein famous that July 2025 was an all-time report month for the airport, and whereas this yr’s July numbers had been down, it was nonetheless the second-busiest journey month within the airport’s historical past.

“When you look at it, it was still a great, great July,” Klein instructed the NRAA Board. “Being in the ballpark (with last year) and watching how everyone else was down, we did just fine.”

Through July, TVC’s dealt with 534,370 vacationers this yr, up 0.4 % from final yr’s report journey numbers that ended with 935,816 passengers in the course of the yr.