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5Y2 Houghton Lake State Airport
Houghton Lake Heights, Michigan, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 AUGUST 2013

Location

FAA Identifier: 5Y2
Lat/Long: 44-19-45.0580N / 084-47-30.1030W
44-19.750967N / 084-47.501717W
44.3291828 / -84.7916953
(estimated)
Elevation: 1165 ft. / 355.1 m (surveyed)
Variation: 05W (1985)
From city: 1 mile W of HOUGHTON LAKE HEIGHTS, MI
Time zone: UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 48629

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 04/1940
Sectional chart: LAKE HURON
Control tower: no
ARTCC: MINNEAPOLIS CENTER
FSS: LANSING FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: LAN (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: IREG
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: yes

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9
WX ASOS at HTL (6 nm E): 111.6 (989-366-4825)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
HTLr257/5.8HOUGHTON LAKE VOR/DME111.6005W
CGGr193/(21.3)GRAYLING VOR109.8006W
BXZr287/26.6WEST BRANCH VOR/DME113.2006W
TVCr124/38.3TRAVERSE CITY VORTAC114.6002W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
GRAYLING182/25.335906WGYG --. -.-- --.
WIGGINS332/25.520904WGDW --. -.. .--
CADILLAC087/26.926904WCAD -.-. .- -..
HARDWOOD285/30.823606WBHW -... .... .--
CLAM LAKE156/39.225105WCXK -.-. -..- -.-

Airport Services

Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 16/34

Dimensions: 2750 x 104 ft. / 838 x 32 m
Surface: turf, in fair condition
Runway edge markings: RY 16 AND 34 MKD WITH YELLOW CONES.
RUNWAY 16  RUNWAY 34
Latitude: 44-19.951500N44-19.550000N
Longitude: 084-47.604833W084-47.398500W
Elevation: 1165.0 ft.1165.0 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Displaced threshold: 550 ft.900 ft.
Obstructions: 44 ft. tree, 23 ft. from runway, 60 ft. left of centerline
APCH RATIO AT DSPLCD THLD 15:1, +109 FT TREES 1635 FT DSTC, 65 FT L.
62 ft. trees, 690 ft. from runway, 25 ft. left of centerline, 11:1 slope to clear
APCH RATIO AT DSPLCD THLD 20:1.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: STATE OF MICH MDOT/AERO
2700 PORT LANSING RD
LANSING, MI 48906
Phone 517-335-9681
Manager: CHRIS AMBROSE
125 CRISTI LN
HOUGHTON LAKE HEIGHTS, MI 48629
Phone 989-422-4116

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 12
Single engine airplanes: 12
    
Aircraft operations: avg 50/month *
50% transient general aviation
50% local general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 31 December 2010

Additional Remarks

SNOW REMOVAL IREG - CONFIRM COND WITH AMGR ON 616-540-1324.
RY 16 HAS 35 FT PLINE ON CNTRLN 315 FT FM THLD, APCH RATIO 9:1, ALSO 46 FT POLE, 375 FT DSTC APCH RATIO 7:1.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 5Y2.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KHTL - Roscommon County - Blodgett Memorial Airport (6 nm E)
KGOV - Grayling Army Airfield (21 nm N)
KGDW - Gladwin Zettel Memorial Airport (25 nm SE)
Y31 - West Branch Community Airport (27 nm E)
KCAD - Wexford County Airport (27 nm W)
 
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Aerial photo
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Aerial photo of 5Y2 (Houghton Lake State Airport)
Photo courtesy of Bev Smith, photographer, & Brad Smith, pilot.
Photo taken 18-Apr-2009
from 1000 ft. AGL.

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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 16-Oct-2013
 Local
(UTC-4)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight07:2711:27
Sunrise07:5611:56
Sunset18:5322:53
Evening civil twilight19:2223:22

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  16-Oct-2013 16:44:41
Local (UTC-4)  16-Oct-2013 12:44:41
 
METAR
KHTL 
6nm E 
161431Z AUTO 22010KT 10SM BKN012 OVC018 10/08 A2974 RMK AO2
TAF
KTVC 
41nm NW 
161421Z 1614/1712 24007KT P6SM -SHRA OVC019 FM161700 28011KT P6SM -SHRA OVC018 FM170000 30008KT P6SM -SHRA OVC022 FM170500 32005KT P6SM OVC028
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Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

 In this space we feature lodging establishments that are convenient to the Houghton Lake State Airport. If your hotel/inn/B&B/resort is near the Houghton Lake State Airport, provides convenient transportation, or is otherwise attractive to pilots, flight crews, and airport users, consider listing it here.  
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Hotels near Houghton Lake State Airport

Miles Price ($)
COMFORT INN HOUGHTON LAKE 0.7 70-90
COMFORT SUITES LAKESIDE 1.0 150-151
SUPER 8 HOUGHTON LAKE MI 1.0 59-85
BEACHFRONT HOTEL 3.5 

Distances are approximate, and may vary depending on the actual route traveled and the location of the travel start on the airport.
    

Hotels in other cities near Houghton Lake State Airport

4 in Houghton Lake
 

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