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Clare Municipal Airport

43.83450°N
-84.74020°W
ARR / DAY
0
0.0%
DEP / DAY
1
66.7%

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

Current weather

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

24m ago
Temp
68°F
Wind
7 kts
50°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KMBS 162053Z 05007KT 10SM FEW110 20/13 A3036 RMK AO2 SLP278 T02000133 55006

Runway intelligence

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

04
36% of ops
33 land · 13 TO
27
29% of ops
26 land · 3 TO
22
19% of ops
17 land · 6 TO
09
16% of ops
15 land · 11 TO
Runway 04 carries 36% of operations (33 landings, 13 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 29%.

Approach quality

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

04 33 landings
UA 18%
27 26 landings
UA 8%
22 17 landings
UA 0%
09 15 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 04 show a 18% unstable-approach rate (6 UA events from 33 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
5.4
flights/day · 161 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 3pm · 5pm
Day vs night
70%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 5.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (5.9 vs 5.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (26% of 152 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

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 21:17 UTC