Does City Have Fair Representation on Airport Board?
By Beth Milligan | Oct. 1, 2026
Cherry Capital Airport occupies over 1,000 acres of land within the City of Traverse City – nearly 19 percent of the city’s land mass. However, the Northwest Regional Airport Authority (NRAA), which oversees airport operations, has no designated seat for city representatives on its board. City leaders are pushing for that to change but have encountered resistance from other municipalities who claim they’re equally impacted by TVC.
When the NRAA was established in 2021, an appointment process was adopted for its nine board seats. Six seats are appointed by Grand Traverse County commissioners – one of whom must be a non-elected resident living outside Grand Traverse and Leelanau counties – …
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