FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 27 NOVEMBER 2025
Location
| FAA Identifier: | 6Y9 |
| Lat/Long: | 46-30-31.1500N 088-42-21.0500W
46-30.519167N 088-42.350833W
46.5086528,-88.7058472
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 1377 ft. / 419.7 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 02W (1985) |
| Time zone: | UTC -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Saving Time) |
| Zip code: | 49970 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 04/1940 |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | MINNEAPOLIS CENTER |
| FSS: | GREEN BAY FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
| NOTAMs facility: | GRB (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | UNATNDD |
| Wind indicator: | yes |
| Segmented circle: | no |
Airport Communications
Airport Services
| Parking: | tiedowns |
| Airframe service: | NONE |
| Powerplant service: | NONE |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 10/28
| Dimensions: | 2600 x 100 ft. / 792 x 30 m |
| Surface: | turf, in good condition
SOFT WHEN WET - CALL AMGR TO VFY FICON. |
| Runway edge markings: | 3 FT YELLOW CONES. |
| RUNWAY 10 | | RUNWAY 28 |
| Latitude: | 46-30.553333N | | 46-30.485000N |
| Longitude: | 088-42.656667W | | 088-42.045000W |
| Elevation: | 1362.0 ft. | | 1377.0 ft. |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 101 magnetic, 099 true | | 281 magnetic, 279 true |
| Displaced threshold: | 400 ft. | | 1000 ft. |
| Runway end identifier lights: | no | | no |
| Obstructions: | 30 ft. pole, marked, 300 ft. from runway, 51 ft. right of centerline, 10:1 slope to clear
APCH SLP TO DTHR 14:1 OVR 82 FT TREES, 1174 DIST, 30 FT L. | | 23 ft. trees, 113 ft. from runway, 40 ft. right of centerline, 4:1 slope to clear
APCH SLP TO DTHR 11:1 OVR 68 FT TREES, 750 FT DIST, 20 FT R. |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Privately-owned |
| Owner: | SHCAHA
7370 BROADMOOR AVE SE
CALEDONIA, MI 49316-9510
Phone 248-761-5615
SOUTHERN HOUGHTON COUNTY AIRPORT & HERITAGE ASSOCIATION. |
| Manager: | BRAD FREDERICK
7370 BROADMOOR AVE SE
CALEDONIA, MI 49316-9510
Phone 248-761-5615 |
Additional Remarks
| - | ARPT CLSD NOV-MAY 15 & WHEN SNOW COVD EXC FOR SKI EQUIPPED ACFT - RWY NOT PLOWED. |
| - | PILOT SHELTER ACES: 1-2-0-0. |
| - | DEER, BIRDS, & WILDLIFE ON & INVOF ARPT. |
| - | ARPT IS NEAR MTR VR 1639 & IR 609 & UNDERLIES BIG BEAR MOA. LOW LEVEL, HIGH SPEED MIL ACFT OPR IN VCNTY. |
| - | FOR CD CTC MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC AT 651-463-5588. |
Instrument Procedures
There are no published instrument procedures at 6Y9.
Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KLNL - Kings Land O' Lakes Airport (30 nm SW)
KOGM - Ontonagon County Airport/Schuster Field (34 nm NW)
KCMX - Houghton County Memorial Airport (41 nm N)
KEGV - Eagle River Union Airport (42 nm SW)
KIMT - Ford Airport (48 nm SE)
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| Aerial photo |
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from the NW
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Times for 16-Dec-2025
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| Morning civil twilight | | 07:59 | | 12:59 |
| Sunrise | | 08:34 | | 13:34 |
| Sunset | | 17:07 | | 22:07 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 17:42 | | 22:42 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 17-Dec-2025 03:50:19 |
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| Local (UTC-5) | 16-Dec-2025 22:50:19 |
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KLNL
30nm SW | 170310Z AUTO 26009G17KT 10SM OVC024 04/00 A2944 RMK AO2 T00381005
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KCMX
41nm N | 170253Z AUTO 27021G32KT 10SM OVC032 07/00 A2929 RMK AO2 PK WND 27041/0227 SLP928 T00720000 53015
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KEGV
42nm SW | 170315Z AUTO 25010KT 10SM OVC026 03/M02 A2943 RMK AO2 T00261018
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KIMT
48nm SE | 170254Z AUTO 24005KT 10SM CLR 01/M03 A2939 RMK AO2 SLP971 T00111033 56003 $
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KCMX
41nm N | 161738Z 1618/1718 22007G17KT P6SM SCT250 WS020/24047KT FM162300 24013G30KT P6SM FEW250 WS020/26050KT FM170200 27019G36KT P6SM BKN026 PROB30 1702/1705 -FZRA FM170500 30020G37KT P6SM BKN023 PROB30 1705/1708 -SHSN FM171600 27007G17KT P6SM BKN017
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