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KLDM · LDM

Mason County Airport

43.96250°N
-86.40790°W
ARR / DAY
3
53.3%
DEP / DAY
3
63.0%

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 3 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

14h ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
3 kts
350°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KLDM 050035Z AUTO 35003KT 10SM OVC041 22/21 A2995 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

26
58% of ops
204 land · 230 TO
08
19% of ops
67 land · 54 TO
19
13% of ops
45 land · 20 TO
01
9% of ops
33 land · 50 TO
Runway 26 carries 58% of operations (204 landings, 230 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 08 at 19%.

Approach quality

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

26 204 landings
UA 5%
08 67 landings
UA 15%
19 45 landings
UA 0%
01 33 landings
UA 9%
Approaches to 26 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (11 UA events from 204 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
10.5
flights/day · 316 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 5pm · 4pm
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 10.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (8.8 vs 11.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (20% of 252 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 15:22 UTC