Airports / KMBL / Manistee County Blacker AirportIATA MBLGood ground coverage
⚡ Upgrade for 1yr history
Manistee County Blacker Airport satellite view
📍 Manistee⬆ 621 ft2 runways
KMBL · MBL

Manistee County Blacker Airport

44.27274°N
-86.25195°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
96.2%

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.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

8h ago
Temp
70°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KMBL 260356Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC048 21/17 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP126 T02110167 402560111 $

Runway intelligence

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

27
41% of ops
149 land · 120 TO
36
37% of ops
134 land · 0 TO
09
21% of ops
78 land · 26 TO
18
1% of ops
4 land · 31 TO
10
0% of ops
1 land · 0 TO
28
0% of ops
0 land · 1 TO
Runway 27 carries 41% of operations (149 landings, 120 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 37%.

Approach quality

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

27 149 landings
UA 0%
36 134 landings
UA 3%
09 78 landings
UA 0%
18 4 landings
UA 0%
10 1 landings
UA 0%
28 0 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 27 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 149 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
6.3
flights/day · 190 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 2pm · 7pm
Day vs night
74%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–7pm local, averaging 6.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (7.9 vs 6.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (31% of 147 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 12:09 UTC