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KMBL · MBL

Manistee County Blacker Airport

44.27274°N
-86.25195°W
ARR / DAY
4
115.4%
DEP / DAY
5
88.2%

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 5,501 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1d ago
Temp
54°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
4828 m
Ceil
SPECI KMBL 290924Z AUTO 00000KT 3SM BR CLR 12/12 A2995 RMK AO2 $

Runway intelligence

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

27
40% of ops
83 land · 59 TO
36
29% of ops
60 land · 0 TO
09
15% of ops
32 land · 20 TO
28
10% of ops
20 land · 13 TO
10
5% of ops
10 land · 1 TO
18
1% of ops
2 land · 17 TO
Runway 27 carries 40% of operations (83 landings, 59 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 29%.

Approach quality

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

27 83 landings
UA 0%
36 60 landings
UA 3%
09 32 landings
UA 0%
28 20 landings
UA 0%
10 10 landings
UA 0%
18 2 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 27 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 83 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
7.4
flights/day · 223 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 2pm · 7pm
Day vs night
67%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–7pm local, averaging 7.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (6.9 vs 8.0 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
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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