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PLN Meaning

PLN Airport Meaning

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PLN Meaning:

PLN stands for Pellston Regional Airport of Emmet County


Located in Pellston, Michigan, PLN (Pellston Regional Airport of Emmet County) is classified as a nonhub airport by the FAA. You can check out more of PLN's characteristics and attributes below, including its airport code, location indicator and location identifier.


Pellston Regional Airport of Emmet County (PLN) Characteristics:

      City: Pellston
      State: Michigan
      FAA: Pellston Regional Airport of Emmet County
      IATA: PLN
      ICAO: KPLN
      Role: P-N

The city and state are where the airport is located, although an airport is sometimes outside of the boundaries city in which it's listed.

The "FAA" refers to the airport's location identifier, which is assigned by the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration).

The "IATA" refers to the airport code, which is assigned by the IATA (International Air Transport Association). Airports usually share the same FAA and IATA, though some do not.

The "ICAO" refers to the airport's location indicator, which assigned by the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization).


PLN is a commercial airport, and as such, is designated as a primary (P) airport by the FAA. All primary airports, inlcuding PLN, are grouped into four categories (hubs) by the FAA:

      P-N: Nonhub airport (has more than 10,000 annual enplanements, but less than 0.05% of total U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-S: Small hub airport (between 0.05% and 0.25% of U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-M: Medium hub airport (between 0.25 and 1% of U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-L: Large hub airport (at least 1% of U.S. annual enplanements)

PLN meaning is Pellston Regional Airport of Emmet County.

Pellston Regional Airport of Emmet County can be abbreviated as PLN.

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