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James Clements Municipal Airport

43.54690°N
-83.89550°W
ARR / DAY
0
88.2%
DEP / DAY
0
95.0%

James Clements Municipal Airport (K3CM) is a small general aviation airport located in Bay City, MI, 65 mi north east of Lansing. It features 2 runways with the longest being 3,798 feet.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

Runway intelligence

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

36
36% of ops
97 land · 41 TO
05
28% of ops
75 land · 18 TO
18
21% of ops
56 land · 20 TO
23
15% of ops
41 land · 32 TO
Runway 36 carries 36% of operations (97 landings, 41 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 05 at 28%.

Approach quality

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

36 97 landings
UA 16%
05 75 landings
UA 24%
18 56 landings
UA 5%
23 41 landings
UA 27%
Approaches to 36 show a 16% unstable-approach rate (16 UA events from 97 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
4.8
flights/day · 144 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 4pm · 2pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 4.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 2.9× weekday (9.4 vs 3.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (19% of 130 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.725
APCH 120.950
APCH 235.625
UNICOM 122.725
FREELAND 127.700
OTHER 127.700
FREELAND 290.425
OTHER 290.425
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZOB
Mag var:
7° W
Fuel:
100LL

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

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

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tshiverd
11/30/2017
Watch out for the Ships!
Great airport to visit! You can watch giant lake freighters said across the grass (at least that's how it looks from the ramp). Ask for a ride into the fish place. Great food!
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