Muskegon County Airport was the recipient of both the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 Balchen/Post Awards for outstanding achievement in snow and ice control in the small commercial service airport category. Midwest Connect, operating code sharing service on behalf of Midwest Airlines, discontinued service to Milwaukee (MKE), effective September 2008. Also in September, the airport was awarded a $650,000 federal Small Community Air Service grant to restore nonstop flights to Chicago-O'Hare International Airport. On July 15, 2009, Mesaba Airlines petitioned the DOT for federal Essential Air Service (EAS) subsidies to continue operating scheduled passenger service into Muskegon as well as seven other communities. Per DOT procedure, bids were opened for proposals for passenger service to these cities by all interested air carriers. For Muskegon, SkyWest Airlines submitted a bid to provide service to Chicago which required less than half the annual subsidy that Mesaba had proposed in order to continue its service to Detroit. SkyWest was selected in November 2009, and began service on February 12, 2010, replacing Mesaba. SkyWest initially operated under a two-year contract for the service but continues to currently provide flights to Chicago O'Hare with Canadair CRJ200 regional jets operating as United Express on behalf of United Airlines via a code sharing agreement. The airport hosted an air show called the Muskegon Air Fair until 2006. Due to budget deficits, the air fair was placed on hiatus for the summer of 2007, but had been reinstated during Muskegon's Summer Celebration. However, , the air show was then indefinitely canceled due to additional financial losses. Delta Connection, operated by Mesaba Airlines with code sharing service on behalf of Delta Air Lines, flew nonstop to Detroit until United Express began flights to Chicago with passenger counts to Detroit then decreasing resulting in Delta Connection ceasing all service to Muskegon. Facilities and aircraft Muskegon County Airport covers an area of 1,200 acres (486 ha) at an elevation of 629 feet (192 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 6/24 is 6,501 by 150 feet (1,982 x 46 m) and 14/32 is 6,100 by 150 feet (1,859 x 46 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2021 the airport had 23,000 aircraft operations, an average of 63 per day: 84% general aviation, 14% scheduled commercial, 1% military, and <1% air taxi. At that time 81 aircraft were based at this airport: 57 single-engine and 16 multi-engine airplanes,