Airports / KMBL / Manistee County Blacker AirportIATA MBLGood ground coverage
Manistee County Blacker Airport satellite view
📍 Manistee⬆ 621 ft2 runways
KMBL · MBL

Manistee County Blacker Airport

44.27274°N
-86.25195°W
ARR / DAY
2
46.7%
DEP / DAY
2
64.5%

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 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

7m ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
5 kts
200°
Visib
8047 m
Ceil
SPECI KMBL 090433Z AUTO 20005KT 5SM +RA BR SCT002 BKN035 OVC060 22/21 A2992 RMK AO2 P0004 $

Runway intelligence

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

27
46% of ops
116 land · 79 TO
36
37% of ops
93 land · 6 TO
09
17% of ops
44 land · 22 TO
18
0% of ops
0 land · 31 TO
Runway 27 carries 46% of operations (116 landings, 79 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 37%.

Approach quality

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

27 116 landings
UA 3%
36 93 landings
UA 9%
09 44 landings
UA 9%
18 0 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 27 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 116 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
7.1
flights/day · 213 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 2pm · 7pm
Day vs night
67%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–7pm local, averaging 7.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (8.4 vs 7.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (24% of 160 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

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 04:40 UTC