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📍 Chesaning⬆ 644 ft2 runways
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Howard Nixon Memorial Airport

43.18340°N
-84.13330°W
ARR / DAY
2
1200.0%
DEP / DAY
1
200.0%

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 2 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

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

20m ago
Temp
63°F
Wind
6 kts
330°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KMBS 290553Z AUTO 33006KT 10SM CLR 17/14 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP125 T01720144 10222 20172 53008

Runway intelligence

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

18
34% of ops
42 land · 17 TO
09
25% of ops
31 land · 0 TO
27
22% of ops
27 land · 7 TO
36
19% of ops
23 land · 15 TO
Runway 18 carries 34% of operations (42 landings, 17 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 09 at 25%.

Approach quality

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

18 42 landings
UA 2%
09 31 landings
UA 0%
27 27 landings
UA 0%
36 23 landings
UA 17%
Approaches to 18 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 42 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
4.7
flights/day · 140 total
Busy hour (local)
11pm
also 10pm · 4pm
Day vs night
54%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–11pm local, averaging 4.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.6× weekday (6.8 vs 4.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (24% of 120 flights). Top three types: , , .

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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