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KMBL · MBL

Manistee County Blacker Airport

44.27274°N
-86.25195°W
ARR / DAY
6
15.7%
DEP / DAY
7
18.3%

Manistee County Blacker Airport (KMBL/MBL) is a small general aviation airport located in Manistee, MI, 89 mi east of Green Bay. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,501 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 6 arrivals and 7 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

12h ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
8 kts
330°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KMBL 272056Z AUTO 33008G15KT 10SM CLR 22/14 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP168 T02170139 51004

Runway intelligence

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

28
51% of ops
97 land · 66 TO
10
18% of ops
34 land · 27 TO
27
16% of ops
30 land · 13 TO
36
9% of ops
17 land · 2 TO
09
7% of ops
14 land · 15 TO
18
0% of ops
0 land · 7 TO
Runway 28 carries 51% of operations (97 landings, 66 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 10 at 18%.

Approach quality

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

28 97 landings
UA 2%
10 34 landings
UA 3%
27 30 landings
UA 3%
36 17 landings
UA 12%
09 14 landings
UA 0%
18 0 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 28 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (2 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
11.3
flights/day · 340 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 8pm · 7pm
Day vs night
66%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–7pm local, averaging 11.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (10.5 vs 12.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (21% of 245 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 118.825
WHITE CL 120.850
OTHER 120.850
WHITE CL 322.350
OTHER 322.350
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
6° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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