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Mackinac Island Airport

45.86490°N

-84.63730°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 95.8%

DEP / DAY

▼ 100.0%

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

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Wind

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Visib

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Ceil

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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

61% of ops

34 land · 4 TO

39% of ops

22 land · 56 TO

Runway 08 carries 61% of operations (34 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 39%.

Approach quality

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

08 34 landings

UA 0%

26 22 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 08 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 34 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

2.1

flights/day · 63 total

Busy hour (local)

5pm

also 2pm · 3pm

Day vs night

73%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 2.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (2.6 vs 2.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

11 · 20%

5 · 9%

4 · 7%

Activity is led by (20% 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

8/26/2017

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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