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Reach a Global Market from the Great Lakes Bay Region

Three International Airports and Daily Direct Flights to Major International Markets

MBS International Airport (MBS), Freeland, MI — Northwest and United airlines offer daily non-stop flights to Detroit, Minneapolis, New York and Chicago O’Hare

Bishop International Airport (FNT), Flint, MI — just 45 highway miles from the Mid-Michigan area, with non-stop service to Florida cities, Cleveland, Atlanta, Milwauke, Detroit, Minneapolis, Chicago O’Hare and New York LaGuardia
 
Detroit Metro Airport (DTW), Detroit, MI — less than a two-hour drive on Interstate 75 and you have access to seventeen major airlines and direct flights to virtually every major international city
 
Windsor Airport (YQG), Windsor, Ontario, Canada — just over the bridge from Detroit, the Windsor Airport offers daily scheduled service by Air Canada Jazz to Toronto and world-wide connections

 Centrally Located to Major U.S. and International Markets
 

Distance

Drive Time
Ann Arbor, MI 95 miles South 1 hour 35 minutes

Detroit, MI

112 miles South

1 hour 30 minutes

Toledo, OH

150 miles South

2 hours 30 minutes

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

294 miles East

5 hours 10 minutes
Chicago, IL 314 miles Southwest 5 hours 10 minutes

Buffalo, NY

318 miles East

5 hours 40 minutes

Cincinnati, OH

346 miles South

5 hours 30 minutes

Indianapolis, IN

350 mines South

5 hours 35 minutes

Pittsburgh, PA

395 miles Southeast

6 hours 20 minutes

Washington D.C.

635 miles East

10 hours 25 minutes

New York, NY

716 miles Southeast

12 hours


Highways Connecting Great Lakes Bay Region to Major Markets

North-South

  • I-75 — a major national north-south route, the interstate stretches from Florida to Michigan's Upper Peninsula and the Ontario border in Sault Ste. Marie and runs through the entire Mid-Michigan region.
  • M-13, M-15, M-18, M-30, M-47, M-52, M-84

East-West

  • M-46 — major connecting route from Michigan's Thumb area to the shores of Lake Michigan in Muskegon; one of three cross-peninsular state highways in Michigan.
  • US 10, US 127, M-20, M-81, M-25

International Shipping to and from the Atlantic Ocean

Ocean-going ships and Great Lakes vessels have access to a customs port of entry in the Great Lakes Bay via the St. Lawrence Seaway. Twenty marine terminals handle five million tons of cargo annually, serve over 300 ships, transport coal, sand, limestone, grain, cement, and petroleum products.

Class I Rail Lines

Class I rail lines transport agricultural products, chemicals, automobile parts, coal, and other products to regional, national, Canadian, and Mexican markets. Rail service in the Great Lakes Bay Region is provided by: CSX, Huron and Eastern Railway, Mid-Michigan Railroad and Saginaw Bay Southern & Lakes State Railway.

Excellent Public Transportation Systems