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

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 20 NOVEMBER 2008

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 -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Savings 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 (5 nm E): 111.6 (989-366-4825)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
HTLr257/5.7HOUGHTON 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: 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: 46 ft. pole, 375 ft. from runway, 118 ft. right of centerline, 8:1 slope to clear
RWY 16 APCH RATIO AT DSPLCD THLD 20:1.
122 ft. trees, 1220 ft. from runway, 125 ft. left of centerline, 10:1 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 E AIRPORT SERVICE DR
LANSING, MI 48906
Phone 517-335-9681
Manager: CHRIS AMBROSE
3940 BENJAMIN NE
GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49525
Phone 616-361-2337

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 17
Single engine airplanes: 12
Multi engine airplanes: 1
Ultralights: 4
    
Aircraft operations: avg 39/week *
60% transient general aviation
40% local general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 31 December 2004

Additional Remarks

SNOW REMOVAL IREG - CONFIRM COND WITH AMGR ON 517-422-3913.
RY 16 HAS 35 FT PLINE ON CNTRLN 315 FT FM THLD, APCH RATIO 9:1, ALSO 51 FT TREE, 445 FT DSTC APCH RATIO 8:1.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 5Y2.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KHTL - Roscommon County - Blodgett Memorial Airport (5 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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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 03-Dec-2008
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight07:2612:26
Sunrise07:5912:59
Sunset17:0022:00
Evening civil twilight17:3222:32

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  03-Dec-2008 22:58:06
Local (UTC-5)  03-Dec-2008 17:58:06
 
METAR
KHTL 
6nm E 
032253Z AUTO 21005KT 1 1/4SM -SN BR OVC006 00/M01 A2976 RMK AO2 CIG 005V009 SLP090 P0002 T00001006
TAF
KTVC 
41nm NW 
031720Z 0318/0418 VRB03KT 1SM -SN OVC015 TEMPO 0318/0322 1/2SM SN BKN007 FM032300 31008KT 4SM -SN OVC015 FM040400 32008KT P6SM -SHSN OVC015 FM040900 29008KT 4SM -SHSN OVC015
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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 ($)
ATRIUM PLAZA HOTEL AND CONFEREN 0.6 52-85
HOLIDAY INN EXP HOUGHTON LAKE 0.7 
COMFORT SUITES LAKESIDE 1.0 90-110
SUPER 8 HOUGHTON LAKE MI 1.0 47-81
BEST WESTERN BEACHFRONT 3.5 65-180

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

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