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KMBL · MBL

Manistee County Blacker Airport

44.27274°N
-86.25195°W
ARR / DAY
4
8.0%
DEP / DAY
5
13.2%

Manistee County Blacker Airport (KMBL/MBL) is a small general aviation airport located in Manistee, MI, 89 mi east of Green Bay. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,502 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2m ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
8 kts
330°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KMBL 122156Z AUTO 33008KT 10SM CLR 26/19 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP099 T02560189 $

Runway intelligence

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

27
38% of ops
96 land · 47 TO
36
22% of ops
56 land · 2 TO
28
18% of ops
44 land · 31 TO
09
13% of ops
33 land · 27 TO
10
8% of ops
19 land · 8 TO
18
1% of ops
2 land · 23 TO
Runway 27 carries 38% of operations (96 landings, 47 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 22%.

Approach quality

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

27 96 landings
UA 0%
36 56 landings
UA 9%
28 44 landings
UA 2%
09 33 landings
UA 0%
10 19 landings
UA 0%
18 2 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 27 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 96 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
8.4
flights/day · 253 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 2pm · 5pm
Day vs night
60%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–8pm local, averaging 8.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (7.0 vs 9.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (25% of 169 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 118.825
WHITE CL 120.850
OTHER 120.850
WHITE CL 322.350
OTHER 322.350
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
6° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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