If you are planning to visit the city of Flint in Michigan then here I am giving you a perfect list of essential information related to the airport and its nearby attractions. I went to Michigan as a tourist and so I get impressed from the design of the airport which is named as Bishop International Airport. It is the third busiest airport in Michigan and handles more than 1,050,813 passengers every year. So it got cleared that the airport will better serve me to reach to my destination. The airport covers an area of 1,550 acres and has two runways. With one terminal the airport provides an official site which is www.bishopairport.org.
As the airport lies at a distance of 9 kilometres from the downtown Flint, I enjoyed exploring the city centre and the nearby attractions from the airport. The airport offers free Wi-Fi Internet access at every area in the terminal. From airport reaching at the city centre is easy. Just take I-75 and then exit 116 and head towards the western direction on Bristol Road. The airport has short and long term parking facilities where you can park your car. A free shuttle service runs to and from the economy lots at every five minutes. You can also hire a car from the car companies who represented the airport. All of them have their own desks in the terminal from where you can hire a car.
Some of the airlines that are operated from the airport are AirTran Airways, American Eagle, AmericanConnection that are operated by Chautauqua Airlines, Continental Connection which are operated by CommutAir, Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Delta Connection again operated by Mesaba Airlines, Delta Connection operated by Pinnacle Airlines and Midwest Connect that are operated by Chautauqua Airlines. Besides this, cargo operators that are served at the airport include FedEx Express.
For public transport there is shuttle, bus and taxi that provide services to your destination. For any airport related information you can ask from the Flint Convention and Visitor’s Bureau. This bureau operates visitor information centre that could be found across the baggage belts. Like other airports this airport also provides facilities to the passengers like money and communication where ATMs, dial-up and broadband workstations and Wi-Fi Internet access are available. For eating and drinking you have restaurants and snack bars that lie close to the departure gates.
You can also try shopping at the airport like books, magazines and newspapers, gifts, cards, toiletries and others that could be purchased from a shop situated up from the ticket counters. The airport also provides luggage facilities like lost and found could be found in the Police Office which is in the terminal also Skycaps are on duty that is situated in front of the terminal. Apart from this, the airport also provides other facilities like shoe-shining service which is situated right up the land side escalator towards the right side.
The airport also has complimentary business centre that offers various services for conferencing and business. The airport also has conference rooms for passengers who want. With this, meeting rooms are also available at the airport which could be found at the Comfort Inn Airport. The airport is wheelchair accessible which is convenient for the disabled travellers. Those who want wheelchairs can head towards Skycaps who provide such services. Mostly, passengers want to stay at the airport because of time gap to depart to other place by flight. So if you want an accommodation then the airport has some good hotels for you like the Comfort Inn Airport, Sleep Inn Airport and the Days Inn Flint Airport. No doubt, Michigan has magnificent sites of attractions for tourist. Waterfalls, museums, water parks, wineries, Soo Locks, lighthouses and many other attractions draw attentions of most of the tourist who throng here to explore the city.
So if you get time to explore few of the attractions in Michigan then do not miss this golden opportunity. Some nationals do not require any visa to travel in Michigan. So if you are not required any visa then a valid passport is however must for all people. So just check it out from your embassy whether you need a visa to reach there or not. If not possible to visit the nearby attractions from the airport then you should at least explore the Bishop International Airport and have fun that will be spare your time instead of sitting and waiting for the flight to reach to the destination.
The Bishop International Airport indeed offers a wide range of facilities and there are various sites nearby which serve as great tourist attractions..!