FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 11 AUGUST 2022
Location
FAA Identifier: | Y70 |
Lat/Long: | 42-56-16.5403N 085-03-38.0629W 42-56.275672N 085-03.634382W 42.9379279,-85.0605730 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 817.8 ft. / 249.3 m (surveyed) |
Variation: | 05W (2000) |
From city: | 3 miles S of IONIA, MI |
Time zone: | UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time) |
Zip code: | 48846 |
Airport Operations
Airport use: | Open to the public |
Activation date: | 04/1940 |
Control tower: | no |
ARTCC: | CHICAGO CENTER |
FSS: | LANSING FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
NOTAMs facility: | LAN (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | 0900-DUSK CLSD MAJOR HOLS. |
Wind indicator: | lighted |
Segmented circle: | yes |
Lights: | ACTVT REIL RWY 28; PAPI RWY 10 & 28; MIRL RWY 10/28 - CTAF. |
Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Airport Communications
CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.8 |
WX AWOS-3: | 118.9 (616-523-1852) |
GREAT LAKES APPROACH: | 118.65 |
GREAT LAKES DEPARTURE: | 118.65 |
- APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY CHICAGO ARTCC (ZAU) ON FREQS 128.4 (GRAND RAPIDS RCAG) WHEN GREAT LAKES APCH CTL CLSD.
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
VIOr069/21.2 | | VICTORY VOR/DME | | 115.95 | | 04W |
NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
KNOBS | | 086/14.2 | | 263 | | 06W | | GR | --. .-. |
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 10/28
Dimensions: | 4298 x 75 ft. / 1310 x 23 m |
Surface: | asphalt, in fair condition |
Weight bearing capacity: | |
Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 10 | | RUNWAY 28 |
Latitude: | 42-56.276868N | | 42-56.269148N |
Longitude: | 085-04.264662W | | 085-03.301688W |
Elevation: | 813.8 ft. | | 802.4 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 096 magnetic, 091 true | | 276 magnetic, 271 true |
Markings: | nonprecision, in fair condition | | nonprecision, 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: | no | | yes |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Runway 18/36
Dimensions: | 4261 x 340 ft. / 1299 x 104 m |
Surface: | turf, in fair condition |
Runway edge markings: | 3 FT YELLOW CONES. |
Operational restrictions: | CLSD NOV 15-APR 15. |
| RUNWAY 18 | | RUNWAY 36 |
Latitude: | 42-56.629043N | | 42-55.927672N |
Longitude: | 085-03.484297W | | 085-03.484297W |
Elevation: | 803.5 ft. | | 817.6 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 185 magnetic, 180 true | | 005 magnetic, 000 true |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Obstructions: | 66 ft. trees, 858 ft. from runway, 13:1 slope to clear | | 56 ft. tree, 1008 ft. from runway, 220 ft. right of centerline, 18:1 slope to clear APCH RATIO 20:1 STRAIGHT OUT. |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
Owner: | IONIA COUNTY COURT HOUSE, 100 W MAIN ST IONIA, MI 48846-1651 Phone 616-527-5300 |
Manager: | MATT KUHNS 3147 S STATE RD IONIA, MI 48846-9421 Phone 616-523-9136 |
Airport Operational Statistics
Aircraft based on the field: | | 58 | Single engine airplanes: | | 36 | Multi engine airplanes: | | 4 | Gliders airplanes: | | 18 |
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Aircraft operations: avg 57/day * | 50% | transient general aviation | 50% | local general aviation | * for 12-month period ending 31 December 2018 | |
Additional Remarks
A52-10 | ALSO +25 FT PLINE, 1154 FT DIST, 38:1. |
- | EXTENSIVE SOARING ACTIVITY. |
- | ACFT PARKED ADJ TO RWY 10/28 & 18/36 DURG GLDR OPS. |
- | GLDR OPS CONDUCTED SOUTH OF RWY 10/28 & WEST OF RWY 18/36; USE FREQ 123.3 IN PRACTICE AREA. GLDRS USE CTAF IN TFC PAT. |
- | TREES OBST VIEW BTWN RWY END 18 WITH RWY END 10 & 28. |
- | HOSPITAL & HOSPITAL HELI ADJ SOUTH OF RWY 10/28. |
- | FOR CD CTC GREAT LAKES APCH AT 269-459-3345, WHEN APCH CLSD CTC CHICAGO ARTCC AT 630-906-8921. |
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 from 11 August 2022 at 0901Z to 08 September 2022 at 0900z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 10 | |
download (231KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 28 | |
download (186KB) |
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (134KB) |
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (346KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
6D6 - Greenville Municipal Airport (15 nm NW)
4D0 - Abrams Municipal Airport (17 nm SE)
KGRR - Gerald R Ford International Airport (21 nm W)
9D9 - Hastings Airport (21 nm SW)
KLAN - Capital Region International Airport (23 nm SE)
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Aerial photo |
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by Tal Reichert
Photo taken 29-Jul-2012
looking north.
Do you have a better or more recent aerial photo of Ionia County Airport that you would like to share? If so, please send us your photo.
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 18-Aug-2022
| | Local (UTC-4) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 06:20 | | 10:20 |
Sunrise | | 06:50 | | 10:50 |
Sunset | | 20:38 | | 00:38 |
Evening civil twilight | | 21:08 | | 01:08 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 18-Aug-2022 08:24:33 |
Local (UTC-4) | 18-Aug-2022 04:24:33 |
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METAR |
KY70 | 180755Z AUTO 25004KT 10SM CLR 16/16 A3004 RMK AO2 T01580158
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TAF |
KGRR 20nm W | 180520Z 1806/1906 VRB04KT P6SM FEW250 FM180900 VRB03KT 4SM BR FEW250 FM181300 26005KT P6SM FEW070 SCT250
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KLAN 23nm SE | 180520Z 1806/1906 VRB03KT P6SM FEW250 FM180900 VRB02KT 3SM BR FEW250 FM181300 27004KT P6SM FEW070 SCT250
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NOTAMs |
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