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K48D ·

Clare Municipal Airport

43.83450°N
-84.74020°W
ARR / DAY
1
65.4%
DEP / DAY
1
74.2%

Clare Municipal Airport (K48D) is a small general aviation airport located in Clare, MI, 76 mi north east of Grand Rapids. It features 2 runways with the longest being 3,500 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KMBS, 39 mi away (K48D does not publish METAR)

45m ago
Temp
69°F
Wind
12 kts
310°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KMBS 221653Z 31012G22KT 10SM FEW045 FEW055 21/09 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP162 T02060089

Runway intelligence

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

04
59% of ops
119 land · 10 TO
22
23% of ops
47 land · 32 TO
27
15% of ops
31 land · 8 TO
09
2% of ops
4 land · 14 TO
Runway 04 carries 59% of operations (119 landings, 10 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 22 at 23%.

Approach quality

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

04 119 landings
UA 3%
22 47 landings
UA 0%
27 31 landings
UA 0%
09 4 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 04 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 119 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
4.4
flights/day · 131 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 10pm · 12am
Day vs night
61%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–5pm local, averaging 4.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.4× weekday (5.8 vs 4.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (25% of 122 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 126.450
APCH 235.625
UNICOM 122.800
FREELAND 127.700
OTHER 127.700
FREELAND 290.425
OTHER 290.425
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZOB
Elevation:
856 ft
Mag var:
5° W
Fuel:
100LL
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