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6Y1 Bois Blanc Island Airport
Bois Blanc Island, Michigan, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 27 JUNE 2013

Location

FAA Identifier: 6Y1
Lat/Long: 45-45-58.6716N / 084-30-13.7302W
45-45.977860N / 084-30.228837W
45.7662977 / -84.5038139
(estimated)
Elevation: 664 ft. / 202.4 m (surveyed)
Variation: 06W (1985)
From city: 3 miles NW of BOIS BLANC ISLAND, MI
Time zone: UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 49775

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 04/1970
Sectional chart: LAKE HURON
Control tower: no
ARTCC: MINNEAPOLIS CENTER
FSS: LANSING FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: LAN (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
Pattern altitude: 1664 ft. MSL
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: ACTVT MIRL RY 10/28 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
Operates sunset to sunrise.

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9
WX AWOS-3 at SLH (7 nm S): 118.175 (231-627-4671)
WX AWOS-3 at MCD (8 nm NW): 118.275 (906-847-3778)
WX ASOS at PLN (17 nm SW): 119.025 (231-539-7700)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
PLNr046/10.6PELLSTON VORTAC111.8006W
SSMr195/39.5SAULT STE MARIE VOR/DME112.2004W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
DRUMMOND ISLAND253/34.921807WDRM -.. .-. --
ROGERS CITY314/36.121507WPZQ .--. --.. --.-

Airport Services

Parking: tiedowns

Runway Information

Runway 10/28

Dimensions: 3498 x 75 ft. / 1066 x 23 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
Gradient: W
RUNWAY 10  RUNWAY 28
Latitude: 45-46.006003N45-45.949715N
Longitude: 084-30.638130W084-29.819542W
Elevation: 664.0 ft.641.6 ft.
Gradient: 0.6% UP
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Displaced threshold: 90 ft.no
Markings: basic, in good conditionbasic, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 4-light PAPI on left (4.00 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: noyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 15 ft. road, 320 ft. from runway, 140 ft. left and right of centerline, 8:1 slope to clear
APCH RATIO 27:1 AT DSPLCD THLD.
75 ft. trees, 1750 ft. from runway, 385 ft. left and right of centerline, 20:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: BOIS BLANC TOWNSHIP
P.O. BOX 898
POINT AUX PINS, MI 49775-0898
Phone 231-634-7275
TOWN HALL
Manager: GREGG DICKERSON
HCR -1 BOX 351
POINT AUX PINS, MI 49775
Phone 231-634-7123
MGR RES.

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 8
Single engine airplanes: 8
    
Aircraft operations: avg 67/week *
43% transient general aviation
43% local general aviation
14% air taxi
* for 12-month period ending 31 December 2011

Additional Remarks

DEER & BIRDS ON & INVOF ARPT.
231-634-7123 MGR RES; 231-634-7052 UNATND AMGR OFC PH AT ARPT; 231-634-7061 UNATND ARPT PH.
RY/TWY MAY NOT BE PLOWED FULL WIDTH WINTER MONTHS. TO VERIFY FICON CTC AMGR 231-634-7123 (RES).

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 6Y1.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KSLH - Cheboygan County Airport (7 nm S)
KMCD - Mackinac Island Airport (8 nm NW)
83D - Mackinac County Airport (12 nm NW)
KPLN - Pellston Regional Airport of Emmet County (17 nm SW)
KMGN - Harbor Springs Airport (27 nm SW)
 
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Aerial photo of 6Y1 (Bois Blanc Island Airport)
Photo by Rita Mitchell
Taken in August 2007

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From to 6Y1

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 13-Aug-2013
 Local
(UTC-4)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:0410:04
Sunrise06:3710:37
Sunset20:4900:49
Evening civil twilight21:2201:22

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  13-Aug-2013 08:48:18
Local (UTC-4)  13-Aug-2013 04:48:18
 
METAR
KSLH 
7nm S 
130755Z AUTO 33009G15KT 10SM SCT022 SCT027 11/07 A2995 RMK AO2 T01160075
KMCD 
7nm NW 
130756Z AUTO 32007KT 10SM CLR 10/09 A2995 RMK AO2 T01020090
KPLN 
17nm SW 
130754Z AUTO 33009KT 10SM FEW024 11/08 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP148 T01110078
TAF
KPLN 
17nm SW 
130749Z 1308/1406 33010G17KT P6SM SCT025 FM131300 34011G18KT P6SM BKN016 FM131800 34013G21KT P6SM BKN035 FM140100 33007KT P6SM SCT040
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Hotels in other cities near Bois Blanc Island Airport

1 in Bois Blanc Island
5 in Mackinac Island
2 in Cheboygan
29 in Mackinaw City
12 in Saint Ignace
 

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