An all-cargo airline known as Kalitta Charters now uses Ypsilanti Willow Run Airport as its home base; Conrad "Connie" Kalitta is the owner, and lives locally. The Yankee Air Museum opened on the airport grounds in 1981. A fire in October 2004 destroyed the museum's building and most of its artifacts. The static display aircraft, including a B-52 Stratofortress and other aircraft too large for display inside the hangar, were undamaged. In 2005 the museum moved to the other side of the airport, where they began to rebuild their displays and gather more World War II memorabilia. In 2013, reports emerged of negotiations between the museum and the RACER Trust that would see the museum into a section of the former bomber plant. The Yankee Air Museum hosts semi-annual airshows over Willow Run, featuring the Blue Angels. Between July and September 2009, what was Runway 9R/27L along the southern edge of the airfield was converted to Taxiway H. This allowed the redesign of the southwest end of Runway 5R to reduce the possibility of encroachment by taxiing aircraft. In 2011, Michigan State University planted of canola and mustard seed on airport property to generate biofuels for aircraft use. The airport has available for future crop production. Until 2015, the airport was home to the sole aircraft of Baltia Airlines, an airline that has been attempting to commence operations to St Petersburg since 1991. The aircraft was a Boeing 747-200 with registration N706BL (msn 21705). On March 8, 2017, a plane carrying the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team to the Big Ten Conference men's basketball Tournament abandoned takeoff and skidded off the runway in high winds. The plane suffered extensive damage and some of the players suffered minor injuries but no serious injuries or fatalities were reported; while the team arrived late and initially had to play in practice gear (their regular uniforms, like all other luggage, had to remain on the plane as part of the NTSB investigation). They would go on to win the tournament.