TVC5K - Run The Runway

✈️ Event Overview

Join us for the fifth edition of the Run The Runway at the Cherry Capital Airport benefiting the Wings of Mercy West Michigan.

📅 Date and Location

• Date: 2025-05-17
• Location: 1260 Boon St, Airport operations gate #10, Traverse City, MI
• Packet Pick Up: 5:00-7:00 PM Friday 5/16/2024 at "Fleet Feet", 300 East Front St, Traverse City, MI
• Race Day Pickup: Also available at the tent.

🏃‍♂️ Race Details

The TVC5K “Run the Runway” is a 5K run/walk for charity held on the actual closed down north-south runway of Cherry Capital Airport. Every year the outstanding team at TVC, Cherry Capital airport lets us shut down one runway, and we get to run right down the middle of where the planes land and take off.

This race aims to raise awareness of Wings of Mercy in Northern Michigan. Wings of Mercy offers free flights to distant medical destinations for families who can’t afford to travel commercially. Since 1991, our volunteer pilots have donated over 8,000 flights to some of the best hospitals and treatment centers east of the Rocky Mountains.

💰 Previous Success

• Selling Out: The 2024 TVC5K sold out with 400 runners.
• Fundraising: We raised over $24,000 and signed up new volunteer pilots.
• Increased Capacity: This year, we are opening the gates to 700 runners.
• Unique Access: Race attendees will have close access to airplanes and helicopters.

🚁 Aviation Engagement

Because the race takes place on the airport, we offer up close and personal access to airplanes and helicopters with opportunities to chat with aviation professionals. Participants will have access to:

• North Flight AeroMed: Helicopter displays.
• Cessna 172: Aircraft viewing.
• Floatplane: From Northwest Michigan College Aviation department.
• Fire Trucks: See the rescue vehicles protecting passengers and pilots.

👨‍✈️ Community Engagement

We plan to have the Women in Aviation booth as well as Civil Air Patrol present at the race venue. The US Coast Guard base is directly across the ramp from the start of the race and they will have one of the UH60 Jayhawk helicopters on display.

We embrace aviation and hope to share our passion with all attendees, sparking the interest of young people to pursue aviation as a career.

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👋 Looking Forward

Looking forward to seeing you on race day!

Steve Melvin, race director, volunteer pilot

🔗 More Information

For additional details, visit the race website: TVC5K - Run The Runway.