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From Chris Hamilton
on 03-Sep-2026 |
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Returning to Mackinac Island by airplane was awesome. (We were secretly laughing at folks having to ride the ferry below us, har har). Seriously- wonderful destination! Easy ramp parking, etc. Building was open when we were there, during the days anyway. Door code is announced in ASOS messages fyi. Two cautions: 1) Runway is 160 feet above lake - so watch out for that optical illusion. 2) Huge numbers of birds can be on runway at certain times, yikes. But I saw a Cirrus guy use great trick of doing short taxi out on runway to scare them off (it worked). Also, fyi - taking horse carriage taxi to town from airport is way better deal than the actual tours!
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From Michael Brothers
on 11-Jun-2025 |
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After good stay on the island could not get into FBO after hours due to their use of an obscure door code titled "Michigan Standard Airport Code" Agh, .... A what? 83 years of flying experience standing there never heard of such a thing. A what? Nowhere to be found. Not on Foreflight mobile. Called parks, police, airport number, no info. Googled it, ...Nothing! 45 min Police finally called buddy back. Ridiculous. I STILL don't know what it is Use a more intuitive code please, like a freq off approach plate. Good grief. Excellent trip, except for this, ...Average.
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Returning to Mackinac Island by airplane was awesome. (We were secretly laughing at folks having to ride the ferry below us, har har). Seriously- wonderful destination! Easy ramp parking, etc. Building was open when we were there, during the days anyway. Door code is announced in ASOS messages fyi. Two cautions: 1) Runway is 160 feet above lake - so watch out for that optical illusion. 2) Huge numbers of birds can be on runway at certain times, yikes. But I saw a Cirrus guy use great trick of doing short taxi out on runway to scare them off (it worked). Also, fyi - taking horse carriage taxi to town from airport is way better deal than the actual tours!
After good stay on the island could not get into FBO after hours due to their use of an obscure door code titled "Michigan Standard Airport Code" Agh, .... A what? 83 years of flying experience standing there never heard of such a thing. A what? Nowhere to be found. Not on Foreflight mobile. Called parks, police, airport number, no info. Googled it, ...Nothing! 45 min Police finally called buddy back. Ridiculous. I STILL don't know what it is Use a more intuitive code please, like a freq off approach plate. Good grief. Excellent trip, except for this, ...Average.
