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📍 Chesaning⬆ 644 ft2 runways
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Howard Nixon Memorial Airport

43.18340°N
-84.13330°W
ARR / DAY
4
271.4%
DEP / DAY
4
210.0%

Howard Nixon Memorial Airport (50G) is a small general aviation airport located in Chesaning, MI, 38 mi north east of Lansing. It features 2 runways with the longest being 2,800 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KMBS, 24 mi away (50G does not publish METAR)

41m ago
Temp
61°F
Wind
3 kts
360°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KMBS 120653Z AUTO 36003KT 10SM CLR 16/15 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP216 T01610150

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

18
39% of ops
35 land · 12 TO
27
23% of ops
21 land · 5 TO
36
20% of ops
18 land · 7 TO
09
18% of ops
16 land · 0 TO
Runway 18 carries 39% of operations (35 landings, 12 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 23%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

18 35 landings
UA 0%
27 21 landings
UA 0%
36 18 landings
UA 6%
09 16 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 18 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 35 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
4.1
flights/day · 123 total
Busy hour (local)
11pm
also 4pm · 10pm
Day vs night
42%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 10pm–11pm local, averaging 4.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (3.8 vs 4.4 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (25% of 106 flights). Top three types: , , .

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
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