[5] On Saturday, April 1, 1961, the Manistee News-Advocate reported "North Central's inaugural Flight 914," piloted by Captain Leslie C. Raatz.

[7] In May 2012, Public Charters Inc. began scheduled nonstop service, operated by Aerodynamics Inc. (ADI),[8] from Chicago Midway International Airport to and from Manistee.

Public Charters temporarily suspended service in October 2012 when Aerodynamics announced that it would no longer operate the flights.

[16] In September 2024, Contour Airlines came to an agreement with the Manistee County Blacker Airport Authority and the Michigan DOT to take over the EAS scheduled service from Cape Air.

Manistee County Blacker Airport covers an area of 290 acres (117 ha) at an elevation of 621 feet (189 m) above mean sea level.

[1] For the 12-month period ending December 11, 2019, the airport had 5,315 aircraft operations, an average of 15 per day: 75% general aviation, 19% scheduled commercial, 5% air taxi and less than 1% military.