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KY70 ·

Ionia County Airport

42.93800°N
-85.06050°W
ARR / DAY
4
26.1%
DEP / DAY
3
4.3%

Ionia County Airport (KY70) is a small general aviation airport located in Ionia, MI, 29 mi north west of Lansing. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,300 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

15m ago
Temp
82°F
Wind
8 kts
30°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KY70 142135Z AUTO 03008KT 10SM CLR 28/17 A3010 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

09
56% of ops
97 land · 3 TO
18
27% of ops
47 land · 16 TO
27
12% of ops
20 land · 39 TO
36
5% of ops
8 land · 24 TO
Runway 09 carries 56% of operations (97 landings, 3 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 27%.

Approach quality

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

09 97 landings
UA 0%
18 47 landings
UA 2%
27 20 landings
UA 0%
36 8 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 09 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 97 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
6.1
flights/day · 182 total
Busy hour (local)
12pm
also 3pm · 2pm
Day vs night
65%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–2pm local, averaging 6.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (4.2 vs 7.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (31% of 165 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 118.650
APCH 226.400
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 118.900
GRAND RA 128.400
OTHER 128.400
GRAND RA 257.600
OTHER 257.600
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Mag var:
5° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 21:50 UTC