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83D Mackinac County Airport
St Ignace, Michigan, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 31 JULY 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: 83D
Lat/Long: 45-53-29.2000N / 084-44-17.3000W
45-53.486667N / 084-44.288333W
45.8914444 / -84.7381389
(estimated)
Elevation: 624 ft. / 190.2 m (surveyed)
Variation: 06W (1990)
From city: 2 miles NW of ST IGNACE, MI
Time zone: UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 49781

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 04/1940
Sectional chart: LAKE HURON
Control tower: no
ARTCC: MINNEAPOLIS CENTER
FSS: GREEN BAY FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: GRB (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: DAWN-DUSK
AFTR HRS 906-643-7161 (MGR RES)
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 07/25 AND PAPI RYS 07 & 25 AND REIL RYS 07 & 25 AND RAMP LGTS - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
Taxiway lights: TWY TURNOFF LGTS.

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.7
WX AWOS-3 at MCD (5 nm E): 118.275 (906-847-3778)
WX AWOS-3 at SLH (17 nm SE): 118.175 (231-627-4671)
WX ASOS at PLN (19 nm S): 119.025 (231-539-7700)
  • APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC ON FREQS 134.6/354.05 (PELLSTON RCAG).

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
PLNr355/16.0PELLSTON VORTAC111.8006W
SSMr213/35.9SAULT STE MARIE VOR/DME112.2004W
ERYr136/39.4NEWBERRY VOR/DME108.2006W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
ST JAMES076/36.338205WSJX ... .--- -..-

Airport Services

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

Runway Information

Runway 7/25

Dimensions: 3800 x 75 ft. / 1158 x 23 m
Surface: concrete, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 24.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
Runway edge markings: RY 7/25 MKG FADED
RUNWAY 7  RUNWAY 25
Latitude: 45-53.368452N45-53.605187N
Longitude: 084-44.702515W084-43.873855W
Elevation: 622.4 ft.608.3 ft.
Gradient: 0.5%0.5%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 074 magnetic, 068 true254 magnetic, 248 true
Markings: basic, in good conditionbasic, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 4-light PAPI on left (4.00 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: 30 ft. trees, 800 ft. from runway, 125 ft. left of centerline, 20:1 slope to clear
APCH RATIO 20:1 FM RY END OVR 100 FT TREES 2000 FT DSTC, 0 B, & +32 FT TREES, 64 FT DSTC, 200 FT L.
5 ft. road, 440 ft. from runway, 125 ft. right of centerline, 48:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: MACKINAC CO BD OF COMMISSIONERS
COURT HOUSE, 110 S. MARLEY ST
ST IGNACE, MI 49781
Phone 906-643-7300
Manager: PAUL S. FULLERTON
1220 NORTH STATE STREET
ST. IGNACE, MI 49781
Phone 906-643-7165

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 13
Single engine airplanes: 11
Multi engine airplanes: 2
    
Aircraft operations: avg 112/day *
49% air taxi
41% transient general aviation
10% local general aviation
<1% military
* for 12-month period ending 31 December 2006

Additional Remarks

DEER & BIRDS ON & INVOF ARPT.
MACKINAC ISLAND (MCD) AWOS 118.27 CAN BE RECD ON THE GROUND.

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 31 July 2008 at 0901Z and 28 August 2008 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 07   download (227KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 25   download (213KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KMCD - Mackinac Island Airport (5 nm E)
KSLH - Cheboygan County Airport (17 nm SE)
KPLN - Pellston Regional Airport of Emmet County (19 nm S)
KCIU - Chippewa County International Airport (24 nm NE)
KMGN - Harbor Springs Airport (29 nm S)
 
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From to 83D

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 21-Aug-2008
 Local
(UTC-4)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:1710:17
Sunrise06:4810:48
Sunset20:3500:35
Evening civil twilight21:0701:07

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  21-Aug-2008 21:06:07
Local (UTC-4)  21-Aug-2008 17:06:07
 
METAR
KMCD 
5nm SE 
212056Z AUTO 10005KT 10SM CLR 23/18 A3013 RMK AO2
KSLH 
17nm SE 
212055Z AUTO 07009KT 10SM CLR 23/17 A3009 RMK AO2
KPLN 
20nm S 
212054Z AUTO 09008KT 10SM CLR 28/10 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP191 T02780100 56021
TAF
KPLN 
20nm S 
211722Z 211818 13008G15KT P6SM SCT150 BKN250 FM0100 13004KT P6SM SCT100 BKN200 FM0700 13004KT P6SM VCSH OVC090 WS020/20025KT FM1400 19012KT P6SM VCSH BKN080CB
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
Great Lakes Air 906-643-7165
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Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

 In this space we feature lodging establishments that are convenient to the Mackinac County Airport. If your hotel/inn/B&B/resort is near the Mackinac County Airport, provides convenient transportation, or is otherwise attractive to pilots, flight crews, and airport users, consider listing it here.  
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AirNav users who flew into 83D have stayed at...

Miles Price ($)
COMFORT INN BEACHSIDE ST IGNACE 0.9 66-100
DI LAKEFRONT & STES ST. IGNACE 0.7 69-88
ECONO LODGE MACKINAW CITY 8.1 200-500
 

Other hotels near Mackinac County Airport

Miles Price ($)
KEWADIN CASINO LAKEFRONT INN 0.5 
DAYS INN ST IGNACE 0.6 60-80
BEST WESTERN HARBOUR POINTE 1.1 134-259
QUALITY INN ST IGNACE 2.4 72-120
ECONO LODGE INN AND SUITES 2.4 99-120
HARBOUR VIEW INN 6.0 
THE INN AT STONE CLIFFE 6.0 

Distances are approximate, and may vary depending on the actual route traveled and the location of the travel start on the airport.
    

Hotels in other cities near Mackinac County Airport

7 in Saint Ignace
5 in Mackinac Island
26 in Mackinaw City
 

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