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49G Wend Valley Airport
Charlotte, Michigan, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 25 DECEMBER 2025

Location

FAA Identifier: 49G
Lat/Long: 42-34-40.6200N 084-54-32.4450W
42-34.677000N 084-54.540750W
42.5779500,-84.9090125
(estimated)
Elevation: 859 ft. / 261.8 m (surveyed)
Variation: 04W (1985)
From city: 3 miles NW of CHARLOTTE, MI
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 48813

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 03/1972
Control tower: no
ARTCC: CLEVELAND CENTER
FSS: LANSING FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: LAN (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: IREG
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: no

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9
WX AWOS-3P at FPK (4 nm E): 118.075 (517-543-2288)
WX ASOS at LAN (19 nm NE): PHONE 517-908-8494
WX AWOS-3 at RMY (20 nm S): 120.025 (269-781-9070)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
VIOr120/28.8VICTORY VOR/DME115.9504W

Airport Services

Parking: tiedowns

Runway Information

Runway 18/36

Dimensions: 1800 x 100 ft. / 549 x 30 m
Surface: turf, in good condition
Runway edge markings: RY 18/36 & RY 36 DSPLCD THR MKD WITH 3 FT YELLOW CONES.
RUNWAY 18  RUNWAY 36
Latitude: 42-34.825833N42-34.529500N
Longitude: 084-54.540167W084-54.540167W
Elevation: 857.0 ft.858.0 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 184 magnetic, 180 true004 magnetic, 360 true
Displaced threshold: 600 ft.no
Runway end identifier lights: nono
Obstructions: 81 ft. trees, 1030 ft. from runway, 12:1 slope to clear
APCH RATIO 20:1 FM DSPLCD THR OVR 79' TREES, 1630' DSTC, 0' B.		none

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: ROGER WEND
3711 VALLEY HWY
CHARLOTTE, MI 48813-8877
Phone 517-819-4856
Manager: ROGER WEND
3711 VALLEY HWY
CHARLOTTE, MI 48813-8877
Phone 517-819-4856

Additional Remarks

- NO SNOW REMOVAL ON RY 18/36.
- ARPT CLSD DEC-MAR AND WHEN SNOW COVERED.
- FOR CD CTC GREAT LAKES APCH AT 269-459-3345, WHEN APCH CLSD CTC CLEVELAND ARTCC AT 440-774-0224/0490.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 49G.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KFPK - Fitch H Beach Airport (4 nm E)
4D0 - Abrams Municipal Airport (14 nm NE)
KLAN - Capital Region International Airport (19 nm NE)
KRMY - Brooks Field Airport (20 nm S)
9D9 - Hastings Airport (20 nm W)
  
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Photo by Roy Carlson, Plainwell MI
Photo taken 11-Sep-2005
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 13-Jan-2026
 Local
(UTC-5)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight07:3812:38
Sunrise08:0913:09
Sunset17:2822:28
Evening civil twilight17:5922:59

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  14-Jan-2026 01:04:08
Local (UTC-5)  13-Jan-2026 20:04:08
 
METAR
KFPK 
4nm E 		140055Z AUTO 22010G16KT 10SM CLR 06/01 A2945 RMK AO2
KLAN 
19nm NE 		140053Z 22014G22KT 10SM FEW055 OVC080 06/02 A2945 RMK AO2 SLP979 T00610017
TAF
KLAN 
19nm NE 		131740Z 1318/1418 19017G28KT P6SM SCT080 FM140300 26014G23KT P6SM VCSH OVC025 PROB30 1409/1412 4SM -SN BR OVC015 FM141300 31015G23KT P6SM -SHSN OVC015
KBTL 
21nm SW 		131740Z 1318/1418 20017G26KT P6SM BKN070 FM140200 25012G21KT P6SM VCSH OVC025 FM141000 31014G23KT 3SM -SHSN OVC015 FM141400 32017G24KT P6SM -SHSN OVC025
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