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Manistee County Blacker Airport

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

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

10h ago
Temp
68°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
3219 m
Ceil
SPECI KMBL 270618Z AUTO 00000KT 2SM BR CLR 20/19 A2980 RMK AO2 VIS 1V3 $

Runway intelligence

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

27
42% of ops
142 land · 114 TO
36
36% of ops
121 land · 0 TO
09
20% of ops
69 land · 23 TO
18
1% of ops
4 land · 28 TO
10
0% of ops
1 land · 0 TO
28
0% of ops
0 land · 1 TO
Runway 27 carries 42% of operations (142 landings, 114 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 36%.

Approach quality

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

27 142 landings
UA 0%
36 121 landings
UA 3%
09 69 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 142 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
5.7
flights/day · 171 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 2pm · 7pm
Day vs night
73%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–7pm local, averaging 5.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (7.1 vs 5.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (33% of 136 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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