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Y31 West Branch Community Airport
West Branch, Michigan, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 02 JULY 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: Y31
Lat/Long: 44-14-41.3700N / 084-10-47.2970W
44-14.689500N / 084-10.788283W
44.2448250 / -84.1798047
(estimated)
Elevation: 882 ft. / 268.8 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
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 09/27; PAPI & REIL RYS 09 & 27 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
  • APCH/DEP SERVICE PROVIDED BY MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC ON FREQS 118.525/251.15 (OSCODA RCAG).

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
BXZ at fieldWEST BRANCH VOR/DME113.2006W
HTLr113/22.0HOUGHTON 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: 44-14.680617N44-14.696900N
Longitude: 084-11.360850W084-10.216400W
Elevation: 881.0 ft.860.0 ft.
Gradient: 0.4%0.4%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 095 magnetic, 089 true275 magnetic, 269 true
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in fair 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
Obstructions: 10 ft. brush, 225 ft. from runway, 35 ft. right of centerline, 2:1 slope to clear44 ft. trees, 1430 ft. from runway, 27:1 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: 22
Single engine airplanes: 21
Multi engine airplanes: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 100/week *
52% local general aviation
48% transient general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 31 December 2007

Additional Remarks

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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 04 June 2009 at 0901Z and 02 July 2009 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
VOR RWY 27   download (189KB)
NDB OR GPS RWY 27   download (230KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (26KB)

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)
3BS - 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 04-Jul-2009
 Local
(UTC-4)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:2309:23
Sunrise05:5909:59
Sunset21:2301:23
Evening civil twilight21:5901:59

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  05-Jul-2009 03:50:31
Local (UTC-4)  04-Jul-2009 23:50:31
 
METAR
KHTL 
22nm W 
050253Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/10 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP149 T01330100 53005
KGOV 
35nm NW 
050336Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 08/07 A2997 RMK AO2
KOSC 
36nm E 
050336Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/10 A2996 RMK AO2
KMBS 
43nm S 
050253Z 24005KT 10SM CLR 18/14 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP143 T01780144 51002
TAF
KMBS 
43nm S 
042320Z 0500/0524 25005KT P6SM SCT070 FM050400 VRB03KT P6SM FEW060 FM051700 VRB04KT P6SM SCT080
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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
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QUALITY INN WEST BRANCH 2.3 95-170
 

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SUPER 8 WEST BRANCH MI 2.3 67-79

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