Welcome to Mid-Michigan Honor Flight
"It's never too late to thank a veteran."
info@midmichiganhonorflight.com
231-803-4255
ALL OUR FLIGHTS are now 2 day trips.
Upcoming flight schedule:
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Mission 20, October 15 - 16, 2024
Cherry Capital Airport, Traverse City
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Mission 21, April 29 - 30, 2025
Gerald R. Ford International Airport, Grand Rapids
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Mission 22, June 17 - 18, 2025
Bishop International Airport, Flint
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Mission 23, September 16 - 17, 2025
Bishop International Airport, Flint
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Mission 24, October 21 - 22, 2025
Cherry Capital Airport, Traverse City1
Note: our current flight wait list is 2-3 years from date of application.
Effective May 2025, all persons traveling MUST HAVE A REAL ID COMPLIANT Identification...NO EXCEPTIONS. Click here to learn more and to determine if you are compliant or not.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Please note, all veterans are scheduled for their flight based on the date the application is received. Exceptions are made for WWII, Korean veterans who apply and any veteran who has a terminal illness. Current waiting list is approximately 3 years from application date before a veteran's flight is scheduled.
TEACHERS/STUDENTS/ORGANIZATIONS/GROUPS/FAMILIES/FRIENDS/VETERANS:
Project:
Mail Call: We include letters for each flyer, from Americans who want to thank them for their service.
Details: Letters, cards and drawings are encouraged. Use index cards or even blank notecards. Must be no larger than 8 ½” x 11”, no glitter, and please no two-dimensional artwork (macaroni glued on paper). Be creative, speak from your heart. We also send packets of letters to Veterans that cannot fly with us. They need to be thanked too.
Mail them to: Mid-Michigan Honor Flight, PO Box 385, Mecosta, MI 49332.
email your questions to us at: info@midmichiganhonorflight.com
Project:
Send Off at Airport: Bring your class in the morning to the airport to meet our flyers and wish them a safe trip. You can be part of the flag line, that lines both sides of the airport concourse. Let us know you will be participating.
email us at: info@midmichiganhonorflight.com.
Project:
Welcome Home at the Airport: Be there among the crowd of people welcoming our heroes back from their flight. Great way for the community to be involved. Let us know your group will be participating.
email us at: info@midmichiganhonorflight.com.
Project:
Fundraising: It costs $500 for a Veteran to go on an Honor Flight. Schools, organizations, are encouraged and will be assisted, with fundraising ideas to help us fund our flights.
email us with your ideas at: info@midmichiganhonorflight.com.
VOLUNTEERS:
There are many opportunities for you to donate your time. Some of them include: registration at our staging site; greeters at dinner; in the morning of the flight, at the airport; for the Welcome Home that evening; driving some of our Veterans from their homes to our staging site and back home again; assisting us at events during the year; helping us find Veterans and Guardians to apply. (applications are on our website)
email us at: info@midmichiganhonorflight.com and tell us where you’d like to help.
SPONSORS:
There are a multitude of items that companies, groups and corporations can help us with financially, to insure that this day is truly an event to remember for our honorees. Click here for our current list.