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Mackinac Island Airport

45.86490°N

-84.63730°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 100.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 100.0%

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.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

8m ago

Temp

68°F

Wind

6 kts

230°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KMCD 260236Z AUTO 23006KT 10SM OVC065 20/17 A2989 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

85% of ops

22 land · 4 TO

15% of ops

4 land · 0 TO

Runway 08 carries 85% of operations (22 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 15%.

Approach quality

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

08 22 landings

UA 0%

26 4 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

0.4

flights/day · 12 total

Busy hour (local)

2pm

also 5pm · 12pm

Day vs night

100%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 12pm–2pm local, averaging 0.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (0.2 vs 0.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

2 · 18%

1 · 9%

Activity is led by (18% of 11 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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