Editing Grand Traverse County, Michigan (section)

==Transportation==
===Air service===
Grand Traverse County is served [[Airline|commercially]] by [[Cherry Capital Airport]], which is located near Traverse City. It serves the [[Northern Michigan|21-county Northern Michigan area]], and has year-round and seasonal destinations around the [[United States]]. In 2019, Cherry Capital Airport had the fourth-most enplanements of any airport in Michigan, behind [[Detroit Metropolitan Airport]], Grand Rapids' [[Gerald R. Ford International Airport]], and Flint's [[Bishop International Airport]].

Other airparks in the county include:
* Acme Skyport
* [[Green Lake Airport]]
* Tramps Aerodrome
* [[Yuba Airport]]
Formerly, there was an airport on the south side of Traverse City called Ransom Field.<ref>{{Cite news |url = https://traversehistory.wordpress.com/history/timeline/ |title = Timeline |date = August 4, 2016 |publisher = Traverse Area Historical Society |access-date = December 5, 2017 |language = en-US }}</ref> This was located on Rennie Hill. This airport closed sometime in the 1930s.

===Major highways===
* {{jct|state=MI|US|31}} follows a jagged path through the county, at various points traveling north–south and east–west. The route is one of Northern Michigan's busiest thoroughfares as it passes through Traverse City. It provides access to cities to the north (such as [[Charlevoix, Michigan|Charlevoix]] and [[Petoskey, Michigan|Petoskey]]) and southwest (such as [[Ludington, Michigan|Ludington]] and [[Muskegon, Michigan|Muskegon]]). The highway runs south to [[Spanish Fort, Alabama]], through major cities like [[Indianapolis]], [[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville]], [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], and [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]].
* {{jct|state=MI|US|131}} runs northeast–southwest through the far southeast of the county, entirely within [[Fife Lake Township, Michigan|Fife Lake Township]]. The highway provides access to [[Kalkaska, Michigan|Kalkaska]] and [[Petoskey, Michigan|Petoskey]] to the north, and cities such as [[Cadillac, Michigan|Cadillac]], [[Grand Rapids, Michigan|Grand Rapids]], and [[Kalamazoo, Michigan|Kalamazoo]] to the south. The southern end is at the [[Indiana Toll Road]] just across the state line.
* {{jct|state=MI|M|22}} begins at an intersection in [[Traverse City, Michigan|Traverse City]], and runs northwest along the [[Grand Traverse Bay]]. It then continues in [[Leelanau County, Michigan|Leelanau County]], following the shore of Grand Traverse Bay towards [[Suttons Bay, Michigan|Suttons Bay]] and [[Northport, Michigan|Northport]], then turning southwesterly towards [[Leland, Michigan|Leland]], [[Glen Arbor Township, Michigan|Glen Arbor]], [[Frankfort, Michigan|Frankfort]], and [[Manistee, Michigan|Manistee]].
* {{jct|state=MI|M|37}} is the longest highway in the county. A north–south route, the highway enters the county from near [[Buckley, Michigan|Buckley]] and continues north to the [[Old Mission Peninsula]] via Traverse City. The highway terminates at a cul-de-sac near [[Mission Point Light]]. South of Grand Traverse County, the route continues south through the state to [[Baldwin, Michigan|Baldwin]], Grand Rapids, [[Hastings, Michigan|Hastings]], and [[Battle Creek, Michigan|Battle Creek]].
* {{jct|state=MI|M|72}} is an east–west route, entering the county from the northwest. The route passes through Traverse City, and continues east toward Kalkaska, passing through [[Williamsburg, Michigan|Williamsburg]] along the way. The highway provides access to [[Empire, Michigan|Empire]] and central Leelanau County to the west, and [[Grayling, Michigan|Grayling]] and [[Harrisville, Michigan|Harrisville]] on the [[Lake Huron]] shore to the east.
* {{jct|state=MI|M|113}} is an east–west route in the south of the county, connecting M-37 to US 131 while passing through [[Kingsley, Michigan|Kingsley]] and [[Walton, Michigan|Walton]].
* {{jct|state=MI|M|186}} is a short highway providing a direct route from M-113 to US 131 at [[Fife Lake, Michigan|Fife Lake]].
Previously, an additional highway, [[M-137 (Michigan highway)|M-137]], ran through Grand Traverse County, from US 31 in [[Green Lake Township, Michigan|Green Lake Township]] south to [[Interlochen, Michigan|Interlochen]], passing by [[Interlochen Center for the Arts]] and [[Interlochen State Park]]. However, [[Michigan Department of Transportation|MDOT]] decommissioned the highway in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MDOT transfers M-137 jurisdiction to Grand Traverse County Road Commission |url=https://www.michigan.gov/mdot/news-outreach/pressreleases/2020/08/06/mdot-transfers-m-137-jurisdiction-to-grand-traverse-county-road-commission |access-date=January 21, 2023 |website=www.michigan.gov |language=en}}</ref>

=== Bicycle route ===

* {{jct|USBR|35|state=MI}} parallels the shore of Grand Traverse Bay along a number of roadways and local trails, including those that are part of the [[TART Trails]] system.