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KY89 ·

Kalkaska City Airport

44.72520°N

-85.20310°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 90.9%

DEP / DAY

▼ 75.0%

Kalkaska City Airport (KY89) is a small general aviation airport located in Kalkaska, MI, 124 mi north of Grand Rapids. It features 1 runway measuring 3,500 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KTVC, 19 mi away (KY89 does not publish METAR)

30m ago

Temp

84°F

Wind

6 kts

40°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KTVC 261753Z 04006KT 10SM SCT045 OVC250 29/19 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP106 T02890189 10289 20211 58006

Runways

1 installed

3,500 FT MAX

10/28

3,500 ft × 75

ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

89% of ops

119 land · 0 TO

11% of ops

15 land · 6 TO

Runway 28 carries 89% of operations (119 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 10 at 11%.

Approach quality

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

28 119 landings

UA 0%

10 15 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 28 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 119 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

1.8

flights/day · 55 total

Busy hour (local)

4pm

also 6pm · 8pm

Day vs night

60%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 4pm–8pm local, averaging 1.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (2.2 vs 1.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (31% of 48 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	122.900	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZMP
Elevation:: 1,029 ft

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