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📍 Ludington⬆ 646 ft2 runways
KLDM · LDM

Mason County Airport

43.96250°N
-86.40790°W
ARR / DAY
5
▲ 23.3%
DEP / DAY
5
▲ 19.4%

Mason County Airport (KLDM/LDM) is a small general aviation airport located in Ludington, MI, 78 mi north west of Grand Rapids. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,003 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 5 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

20h ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
7 kts
170°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KLDM 130015Z AUTO 17007KT 10SM SCT110 23/18 A2970 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

08
38% of ops
81 land · 85 TO
26
31% of ops
66 land · 71 TO
01
18% of ops
38 land · 30 TO
19
13% of ops
27 land · 20 TO
Runway 08 carries 38% of operations (81 landings, 85 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 31%.

Approach quality

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

08 81 landings
UA 11%
26 66 landings
UA 11%
01 38 landings
UA 8%
19 27 landings
UA 15%
Approaches to 08 show a 11% unstable-approach rate (9 UA events from 81 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
10.2
flights/day · 305 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 8pm · 5pm
Day vs night
66%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 10.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.4× weekday (13.2 vs 9.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (26% of 229 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.000 —
UNICOM 123.000 —
AWOS 119.925 —
WHITE CL 120.850 —
OTHER 120.850 —
LUDINGTO 122.300 —
OTHER 122.300 —
WHITE CL 322.350 —
OTHER 322.350 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
3° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 21:12 UTC