Air travel can be inconvenient, as is to be expected. It’s usually a hurry-up-and-wait situation. However, one flight may differ significantly from those departing from other airports in Michigan.
Muskegon offers a unique experience. The daily flight from Muskegon County Airport to O’Hare in Chicago is so short that there isn’t time to serve food and beverages while the plane is at cruising altitude.
Instead, snacks are served to passengers before they take off. The airport recently promoted the service on Facebook.
Because the flight across Lake Michigan takes less than 30 minutes, there wasn’t enough time to reach cruising altitude, offer snacks, have them eaten, and return for trash before the plane needed to begin landing preparations.
One Facebook commenter asked why bother with snacks on such a short flight. The airport’s response (and the emphasis is ours):
lots of reasons. It’s free, saves time on short connections, beats paying $5 for a Snickers at O’Hare.
Totally valid reasons. Also, notice that those snacks include full-size candy. There are no ‘fun sizes’ here.
Muskegon’s commercial air traffic is currently limited to a daily connection to O’Hare.
The ‘grab a snack before you head out’ concept is also practiced, as anecdotal evidence suggests, further up the coast at Manistee. That airport, which has a single connection to O’Hare and a likely similar flight time, provides a snack before passengers board.
