Airports / KLDM / Mason County AirportIATA LDMModerate ground coverage
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📍 Ludington⬆ 646 ft2 runways
KLDM · LDM

Mason County Airport

43.96250°N
-86.40790°W
ARR / DAY
1
93.4%
DEP / DAY
1
88.9%

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

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

5h ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
12 kts
220°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KLDM 251455Z AUTO 22012G17KT 10SM CLR 23/17 A3000 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

08
38% of ops
165 land · 53 TO
01
26% of ops
115 land · 71 TO
26
26% of ops
114 land · 73 TO
19
10% of ops
42 land · 16 TO
Runway 08 carries 38% of operations (165 landings, 53 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 01 at 26%.

Approach quality

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

08 165 landings
UA 4%
01 115 landings
UA 6%
26 114 landings
UA 3%
19 42 landings
UA 7%
Approaches to 08 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (6 UA events from 165 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
8.1
flights/day · 242 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 1pm · 3pm
Day vs night
66%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 8.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 2.1× weekday (13.4 vs 6.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (32% of 182 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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