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Y83 Sandusky City Airport
Sandusky, Michigan, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 27 NOVEMBER 2025

Location

FAA Identifier: Y83
Lat/Long: 43-27-20.2882N 082-50-30.4123W
43-27.338137N 082-50.506872W
43.4556356,-82.8417812
(estimated)
Elevation: 776.9 ft. / 236.8 m (surveyed)
Variation: 08W (2025)
From city: 3 miles N of SANDUSKY, MI
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 48471

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 12/1961
Control tower: no
ARTCC: CLEVELAND CENTER
FSS: LANSING FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: LAN (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: SAT-SUN ON CALL, ALL MON-FRI 0900-1630
FOR SVC AFT HRS CALL AMGR.
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: ACTVT MIRL RWY 10/28 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
Operates sunset to sunrise.

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
  • APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY CLEVELAND ARTCC (ZOB) ON FREQS 127.7/290.425 (FREELAND RCAG).

Airport Services

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

Runway Information

Runway 10/28

Dimensions: 3499 x 75 ft. / 1066 x 23 m
Surface: asphalt, in excellent condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 16.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 10  RUNWAY 28
Latitude: 43-27.416140N43-27.427003N
Longitude: 082-50.853413W082-50.062918W
Elevation: 776.3 ft.774.4 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 097 magnetic, 089 true277 magnetic, 269 true
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yesno
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights

Runway 18/36

Dimensions: 2271 x 153 ft. / 692 x 47 m
Surface: turf, in good condition
Runway edge markings: 3 FT YELLOW CONES.
RUNWAY 18  RUNWAY 36
Latitude: 43-27.394298N43-27.020457N
Longitude: 082-50.582705W082-50.576540W
Elevation: 774.4 ft.772.8 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 187 magnetic, 179 true007 magnetic, 359 true
Displaced threshold: no374 ft.
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: none17 ft. road, 58 ft. from runway, 125 ft. left and right of centerline, 3:1 slope to clear
APCH RATIO 6:1 TO DTHR OVR 63 FT TREE, 380 FT DIST, 150 FT R.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF SANDUSKY
26 W SPEAKER ST
SANDUSKY, MI 48471-1299
Phone 810-648-4444
Manager: DON JOHNSTON
CITY HALL, 26 W SPEAKER ST
SANDUSKY, MI 48471-1299
Phone 810-414-3009

Additional Remarks

+3 FT EMBANKMENT, 50 FT FM RWY 36 THR; -10 FT DITCH, 100 FT EAST OF RWY 18/36.
DEER & LRG BIRDS ON & INVOF ARPT.
FOR CD CTC CLEVELAND ARTCC AT 440-774-0224/0490.
FOR AFT HRS ACES TO TRML BLDG CALL AMGR.

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 27 November 2025 at 0901Z to 25 December 2025 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 10   download (201KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 28   download (199KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (355KB)

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KBAX - Huron County Memorial Airport (20 nm N)
KCFS - Tuscola Area Airport (26 nm W)
D95 - Dupont/Lapeer Airport (30 nm SW)
KPHN - St Clair County International Airport (35 nm SE)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 28-Nov-2025
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight07:1012:10
Sunrise07:4212:42
Sunset16:5721:57
Evening civil twilight17:2922:29

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  28-Nov-2025 22:08:59
Local (UTC-5)  28-Nov-2025 17:08:59
 
METAR
KBAX 
21nm N 
282155Z AUTO 30011G18KT 10SM SCT045 OVC050 M01/M09 A3020 RMK AO2 T10081086
KCFS 
26nm W 
282155Z AUTO 30014KT 10SM OVC046 M01/M09 A3024 RMK AO2
KD95 
30nm SW 
282155Z AUTO 29011G15KT 10SM BKN043 OVC048 M01/M07 A3024 RMK AO2
KP58 
34nm N 
282155Z AUTO 28010G28KT M01/M07 A3018 RMK AO1 PK WND 30032/2059 SLP231 P0001 T10111067 $
KPHN 
35nm SE 
282155Z AUTO 29008KT 250V310 10SM OVC050 00/M10 A3023 RMK AO2
CYZR 
36nm SE 
282140Z AUTO 28013G19KT 9SM SCT044 OVC055 M00/M09 A3021 RMK SLP240
TAF
CYZR 
36nm SE 
281940Z 2820/2903 31015G25KT P6SM BKN030 BKN070 TEMPO 2820/2822 P6SM -SHSNRA BECMG 2820/2821 29012G22KT FM282200 29012G22KT P6SM SCT030 BKN070 RMK FCST BASED ON AUTO OBS. NXT FCST BY 290900Z
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

  
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 Services / Description 
 
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Sandusky Service 810-414-3009
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100LL
SS $5.20 
 Updated 13-Nov-2025
 
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SS=Self service
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