FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 12 JUNE 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 -4 (UTC -5 during Standard 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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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 06-Jul-2025
| | Local (UTC-4) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 05:32 | | 09:32 |
Sunrise | | 06:10 | | 10:10 |
Sunset | | 21:49 | | 01:49 |
Evening civil twilight | | 22:27 | | 02:27 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 06-Jul-2025 11:42:30 |
Local (UTC-4) | 06-Jul-2025 07:42:30 |
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METAR |
KLNL 30nm SW | 061115Z AUTO 36007KT 10SM OVC009 18/17 A2997 RMK AO2 T01800166
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KCMX 41nm N | 061053Z AUTO 05007G17KT 10SM CLR 14/11 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP146 T01440111
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KEGV 42nm SW | 061115Z AUTO 35005KT 10SM SCT009 BKN014 OVC018 19/19 A2994 RMK AO2 T01870187
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KIMT 48nm SE | 061105Z AUTO 34007KT 10SM FEW026 SCT031 SCT055 20/19 A2988 RMK AO2 T02000189
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TAF |
KCMX 41nm N | 060526Z 0606/0706 32007KT 2SM BR BKN014 TEMPO 0606/0609 1/2SM FG BKN001 FM061100 04008G18KT P6SM SCT200 FM062100 02007KT P6SM SKC FM070200 VRB03KT P6SM FEW250
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NOTAMs |
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