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Y31 West Branch Community Airport
West Branch, Michigan, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 AUGUST 2013

Location

FAA Identifier: Y31
Lat/Long: 44-14-41.3260N / 084-10-47.3135W
44-14.688767N / 084-10.788558W
44.2448128 / -84.1798093
(estimated)
Elevation: 883 ft. / 269.1 m (surveyed)
Variation: 06W (1985)
From city: 3 miles SE of WEST BRANCH, MI
Time zone: UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 48661

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Sectional chart: LAKE HURON
Control tower: no
ARTCC: MINNEAPOLIS CENTER
FSS: LANSING FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: LAN (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: MON-FRI 0800-1700, ALL SAT-SUN 0900-1700
FOR ATTENDANT AFT HRS CALL 989-345-3524; SVC CHARGE.
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
DUSK-DAWN. ACTVT MIRL RY 09/27; PAPI & REIL RYS 09 & 27 - CTAF.

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
  • APCH/DEP SERVICE PROVIDED BY MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC ON FREQS 125.475/269.45 (OSCODA RCAG).

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
BXZ at fieldWEST BRANCH VOR/DME113.2006W
HTLr113/21.9HOUGHTON LAKE VOR/DME111.6005W
CGGr144/(35.2)GRAYLING VOR109.8006W
ASPr257/35.9AU SABLE VOR/DME116.1007W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
HARDWOOD273/4.123606WBHW -... .... .--
WIGGINS042/20.820904WGDW --. -.. .--

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 9/27

Dimensions: 5000 x 100 ft. / 1524 x 30 m
Surface: asphalt, in fair condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 26.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 9  RUNWAY 27
Latitude: 44-14.680633N44-14.696900N
Longitude: 084-11.360850W084-10.216267W
Elevation: 882.9 ft.861.8 ft.
Gradient: 0.4%0.4%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 095 magnetic, 089 true275 magnetic, 269 true
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 64 ft. trees, 1499 ft. from runway, 20:1 slope to clear48 ft. trees, 1175 ft. from runway, 140 ft. left of centerline, 20:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CO OGEMAW CITY W BRANCH
P.O. BOX 183
WEST BRANCH, MI 48661
Phone 989-345-1453
Manager: LANE TABER
1519 AIRPORT RD., P.O. BOX 183
WEST BRANCH, MI 48661
Phone 989-345-1453

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 21
Single engine airplanes: 20
Multi engine airplanes: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 89/week *
50% transient general aviation
50% local general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 31 December 2010

Additional Remarks

DEER ON & INVOF ARPT.

Instrument Procedures

NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.

NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use between 19 September 2013 at 0901Z and 17 October 2013 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 09   download (203KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 27   download (179KB)
VOR RWY 27   download (159KB)
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply   download (26KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (122KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KGDW - Gladwin Zettel Memorial Airport (21 nm SW)
KHTL - Roscommon County - Blodgett Memorial Airport (22 nm W)
6D9 - Iosco County Airport (33 nm E)
48D - Clare Municipal Airport (35 nm SW)
KIKW - Jack Barstow Airport (35 nm S)
 
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Aerial photo
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Aerial photo of Y31 (West Branch Community Airport)
Photo by Aric Kuester
Photo taken 13-Jun-2007

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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 16-Oct-2013
 Local
(UTC-4)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight07:2511:25
Sunrise07:5411:54
Sunset18:5122:51
Evening civil twilight19:2023:20

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  16-Oct-2013 17:05:35
Local (UTC-4)  16-Oct-2013 13:05:35
 
METAR
KHTL 
22nm W 
161653Z AUTO 25008KT 10SM FEW010 BKN017 OVC024 12/09 A2975 RMK AO2 RAB01E12 SLP076 P0001 T01170094
KIKW 
35nm S 
161653Z AUTO 23013G20KT 10SM OVC017 13/09 A2979 RMK AO2 T01250093
KGOV 
35nm NW 
161654Z AUTO 24006G14KT 10SM SCT008 OVC015 11/10 A2974 RMK AO2 T01050100
KOSC 
36nm E 
161654Z AUTO 23013G23KT 10SM OVC021 12/08 A2974 RMK AO2 T01270089
KMBS 
43nm S 
161653Z 23015G24KT 10SM BKN022 OVC028 13/08 A2981 RMK AO2 SLP096 T01280078
TAF
KMBS 
43nm S 
161124Z 1612/1712 24006KT P6SM SCT035 TEMPO 1612/1614 BKN030 FM161400 24015G23KT P6SM OVC028 FM170000 27006KT P6SM OVC022
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
Taber's Aircraft Service 989-345-1453
no information available

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100LL Jet A
SS $5.64 $5.12 
 Updated 15-Oct-2013
 
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QUALITY INN WEST BRANCH 2.3 119-190
 

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Miles Price ($)
SUPER 8 WEST BRANCH MI 2.3 83-154

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