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KCAD Wexford County Airport
Cadillac, Michigan, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 25 SEPTEMBER 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: CAD
Lat/Long: 44-16-31.1280N / 085-25-08.1370W
44-16.518800N / 085-25.135617W
44.2753133 / -85.4189269
(estimated)
Elevation: 1307 ft. / 398 m (estimated)
Variation: 04W (1985)
From city: 2 miles N of CADILLAC, MI
Time zone: UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 49601

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 04/1942
Sectional chart: GREEN BAY
Control tower: no
ARTCC: MINNEAPOLIS CENTER
FSS: LANSING FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: CAD (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: JUN-AUG SAT-SUN 0700-1700, SEPT-MAY SAT-SUN 0700-1300, ALL MON-FRI 0700-1300
AFT HRS ATTENDANT AVB ON REQ 231-779-9211.
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 07/25; MALSR RY 07, REIL RYS 07 & 25; VASI RY 07 & PAPI RY 25 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
Landing fee: yes, LDG FEE FOR COML OPNS WAIVED WITH MINIMUM FUEL PURCHASE.

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
WX AWOS-3: 128.325 (231-779-9536)
  • APCH/DEP SERVICE PROVIDED BY MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC ON 132.9/338.3 (TRAVERSE CITY RCAG).

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
TVCr169/24.2TRAVERSE CITY VORTAC114.6002W
HTLr266/32.7HOUGHTON LAKE VOR/DME111.6005W
MBLr095/35.9MANISTEE VOR/DME111.4005W
CGGr236/(38.3)GRAYLING VOR109.8006W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
CADILLACat field26904WCAD -.-. .- -..
GRAYLING228/38.135906WGYG --. -.-- --.
CLAM LAKE197/38.225105WCXK -.-. -..- -.-

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A
24 HR SELF SVC.
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR

Runway Information

Runway 7/25

Dimensions: 5000 x 100 ft. / 1524 x 30 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 30.0
Double wheel: 45.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 7  RUNWAY 25
Latitude: 44-16.372850N44-16.702783N
Longitude: 085-25.850800W085-24.801500W
Elevation: 1306.8 ft.1297.9 ft.
Gradient: 0.2%0.2%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 070 magnetic, 066 true250 magnetic, 246 true
Markings: precision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Approach lights: MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Instrument approach: ILS/DME
Obstructions: none23 ft. rr, 870 ft. from runway, 610 ft. left of centerline, 29:1 slope to clear

Runway 18/36

Dimensions: 2005 x 150 ft. / 611 x 46 m
Surface: turf, in good condition
Runway edge markings: 18/36 MARKED WITH 18 INCH YELLOW CONES.
Operational restrictions: CLSD DEC THRU MAR & WHEN SNOW COVERED EXCEPT FOR SKI EQUIPPED ACFT.
RUNWAY 18  RUNWAY 36
Latitude: 44-16.642950N44-16.312983N
Longitude: 085-24.661933W085-24.657317W
Elevation: 1295.0 ft.1295.0 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 183 magnetic, 179 true003 magnetic, 359 true
Markings: nonenone
Runway end identifier lights: nono
Obstructions: 40 ft. trees, 1360 ft. from runway, 34:1 slope to clear102 ft. stack, lighted, 3650 ft. from runway, 55 ft. right of centerline, 35:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: WEXFORD/CO ARPT AUTH
8040 EAST 34TH ROAD
CADILLAC, MI 49601
Phone 231-779-9525
Manager: DANA L. MCGREGOR
8040 E. 34TH RD.
CADILLAC, MI 49601
Phone 231-779-9525

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 43
Single engine airplanes: 35
Multi engine airplanes: 3
Helicopters: 3
Ultralights: 2
    
Aircraft operations: avg 50/day *
61% transient general aviation
27% local general aviation
11% air taxi
<1% military
* for 12-month period ending 31 December 2006

Additional Remarks

GCO AVBL ON FREQ 121.725 THRU MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC CD & FLT SVCS.
GLIDER ACTIVITY ON & INVOF ARPT APR-NOV.
DEER ON & INVOF ARPT.

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 25 September 2008 at 0901Z and 23 October 2008 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
ILS OR LOC RWY 07   download (245KB)
GPS RWY 25   download (162KB)
NDB OR GPS RWY 07   download (280KB)
NDB RWY 25   download (269KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums apply   download (26KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KTVC - Cherry Capital Airport (29 nm N)
7D3 - Baldwin Municipal Airport (30 nm SW)
KHTL - Roscommon County - Blodgett Memorial Airport (32 nm E)
KRQB - Roben-Hood Airport (33 nm S)
KMBL - Manistee County-Blacker Airport (36 nm W)
 
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Aerial photo
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From to KCAD

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 11-Oct-2008
 Local
(UTC-4)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight07:2511:25
Sunrise07:5411:54
Sunset19:0323:03
Evening civil twilight19:3223:32

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  11-Oct-2008 05:01:33
Local (UTC-4)  11-Oct-2008 01:01:33
 
METAR
KCAD 110455Z AUTO 09004KT 10SM CLR 05/02 A3029 RMK AO2
TAF
KTVC 
28nm N 
102330Z 110024 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM1500 14011KT P6SM SCT200
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
Wexford County Airport 231-779-9525
no information available

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AS 
100LL 
$5.44 
Jet A 
$5.82 
 Updated 16-Sep-2008
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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 Wexford County Airport. If your hotel/inn/B&B/resort is near the Wexford County Airport, provides convenient transportation, or is otherwise attractive to pilots, flight crews, and airport users, consider listing it here.  
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Hotels near Wexford County Airport

Miles Price ($)
DAYS INN CADILLAC 2.5 59-76
CADILLAC SANDS RESORT 2.6 80-130
ECONOMY INN CADILLAC 2.7 62-65
SUNSET SHORES RESORT CADILLAC 2.9 179-199
SUPER 8 MOTEL - CADILLAC 3.2 55-60
ECONO LODGE CADILLAC 3.3 59-85
MCGUIRES RESORT 3.6 89-139
CADILLAC WOODS RESORT & CONFERENCE CENTER 4.0 55

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

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8 in Cadillac
 

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