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KMCD · MCD

Mackinac Island Airport

45.86490°N

-84.63730°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 0.0%

DEP / DAY

▲ 0.0%

Mackinac Island Airport (KMCD/MCD) is a small general aviation airport located in Mackinac Island, MI, 180 mi west of Greater Sudbury. It features 1 runway measuring 3,501 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2h ago

Temp

72°F

Wind

8 kts

240°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KMCD 261935Z AUTO 24008KT 10SM BKN027 BKN041 BKN100 22/19 A2977 RMK AO2

Runways

1 installed

3,501 FT MAX

08/26

3,501 ft × 75

ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

67% of ops

22 land · 2 TO

33% of ops

11 land · 27 TO

Runway 08 carries 67% of operations (22 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 33%.

Approach quality

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

08 22 landings

UA 0%

26 11 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 08 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 22 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

2.2

flights/day · 66 total

Busy hour (local)

5pm

also 2pm · 7pm

Day vs night

71%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 5pm–7pm local, averaging 2.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (2.6 vs 2.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

10 · 18%

5 · 9%

4 · 7%

Activity is led by (18% of 56 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	122.700	—
UNICOM	122.700	—
AWOS	118.275	—
PELLSTON	134.600	—
OTHER	134.600	—
PELLSTON	354.050	—
OTHER	354.050	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZMP
Elevation:: 741 ft
Mag var:: 7° W

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

WarriorN21481

08/26/2017

Well worth the visit

Imagine stepping from your airplane to a horse-drawn taxi into town. Aircraft are the only motorized vehicles allowed on the island (with a few minor exceptions). Fly the pattern offshore to minimize your noise footprint. The wind is almost always variable and/or gusty here, stay alert. The island is a state park and there is a parking fee. Though parts of the island are rather touristy, the fort is worth the tour for history buffs (site of the first land battle in the War of 1812).

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