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Oakland Southwest Airport

42.50310°N
-83.62370°W
ARR / DAY
4
▲ 19.2%
DEP / DAY
3
▲ 9.5%

Oakland Southwest Airport (KY47) is a small general aviation airport located in New Hudson, MI, 17 mi north of Ann Arbor. It features 1 runway measuring 3,128 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

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Runways

1 installed

3,128 FT MAX
08/26
3,128 ft × 40
ASPH-F● LITLOW

Runway intelligence

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

08
63% of ops
82 land · 44 TO
26
37% of ops
49 land · 37 TO
Runway 08 carries 63% of operations (82 landings, 44 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 37%.

Approach quality

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

08 82 landings
UA 10%
26 49 landings
UA 16%
Approaches to 08 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (8 UA events from 82 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
6.0
flights/day · 181 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 1pm · 5pm
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–7pm local, averaging 6.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.4× weekday (7.8 vs 5.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (19% of 159 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.700 —
APCH 132.350 —
APCH 284.000 —
UNICOM 122.700 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZOB
Mag var:
7° 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

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

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wolfgangx
9/18/2018
(no subject)
The trees are taller than they appear. Know your short field performance and maybe don't take off at gross weight if its close. Bonanza V35 at gross was too close for comfort on takeoff.
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