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KMBL · MBL

Manistee County Blacker Airport

44.27274°N
-86.25195°W
ARR / DAY
2
▼ 6.7%
DEP / DAY
4
▼ 13.8%

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 2 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
57°F
Wind
8 kts
350°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
SPECI KMBL 141825Z AUTO 35008KT 10SM BKN026 OVC033 14/08 A3015 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

10
58% of ops
40 land · 8 TO
28
42% of ops
29 land · 14 TO
Runway 10 carries 58% of operations (40 landings, 8 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 28 at 42%.

Approach quality

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

10 40 landings
UA 2%
28 29 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 10 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 40 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
6.7
flights/day · 200 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 2pm · 9pm
Day vs night
59%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–9pm local, averaging 6.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (7.0 vs 6.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (35% of 175 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

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 19:31 UTC