BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) – It’s one of the biggest summer weeks in the City of Battle Creek as the Field of Flight Air Show and Balloon Festival gets underway on Thursday.
Organizers of the event and city officials are asking drivers to be patient and plan your travel to and from Battle Creek Executive Airport.
Many road closures will coordinate with daily air shows. Drivers should watch for signs, detours and police patrols around the airport. You should also watch for signs and follow directions from the Battle Creek Police Department and Calhoun County Sheriff’s Department.
Visitors to the airport are being asked to not stop or park along Columbia Avenue south of the airport or along the north side of Dickman/Helmer Road north of the airport.
Some of the air show teams will not fly with cars parked there, and police will ask you to leave.
The road closures will start Thursday afternoon as Helmer Road will be closed to traffic between Columbia Avenue and Dickman Road from 4:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m..
As for the rest of the holiday weekend….
Friday, July 1 – 10:15-11:30 a.m. and 1:45-3 p.m.
o Helmer Road closed to through traffic from Columbia Avenue to Dickman Road
o N Helmer closed at Upton Avenue
o Wilbur and 5th avenues closed at Helmer
o Dickman Road closed from N 32nd Street to JB’s Whiskey/Base Avenue
Friday, July 1 – 2:30-11 p.m.
o Helmer Road closed to through traffic from Columbia Avenue to Dickman Road
Saturday, July 2 – 6:30-9 a.m. – Battle Creek Half Marathon
o S Helmer Road closed from Columbia to Dickman
o Closures at the start/finish area at 6th Avenue and 28th Street
o Police will temporarily stop traffic for runners crossing Columbia Avenue at S 24th Street
o Police will be present along the race route, as runners travel through neighborhoods: Hupp Road, Buick Drive, Chalmers Drive, Blackhawk Drive, crossing 24th Street to
Lakeshore Drive, Wheaton Avenue, Sherman Drive, Sunnyside Drive, crossing Woodrow Avenue to Terry Court. Back on 24th Street to Territorial Road, to N 32nd Street, West Highland Boulevard, N 33rd Street, West Goguac Street, N 30th Street, back to the starting area
Saturday, July 2 – Monday, July 4 – 9:30-11 a.m.
o Helmer Road closed to through traffic from Columbia Avenue to Dickman Road
Saturday, July 2 – Monday, July 4 – 4:15-5:15 p.m.
o Columbia Avenue and Dickman Road closed around the airport
o N Helmer Road closed at Upton Avenue
o Wilbur and 5th avenues closed at Helmer
o Dickman Road closed from N 32nd Street to JB’s Whiskey/Base Avenue
Saturday, July 2 AND Monday, July 4 – 10:30 p.m.-midnight – Fireworks
o Police-controlled intersections on West Columbia Avenue from Skyline Drive to Capital Avenue SW
o Westbound traffic will be routed north
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