FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 25 FEBRUARY 2021
Location
FAA Identifier: | Y70 |
Lat/Long: | 42-56-16.5403N 085-03-38.0629W 42-56.275672N 085-03.634382W 42.9379279,-85.0605730 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 817.8 ft. / 249.3 m (surveyed) |
Variation: | 05W (2000) |
From city: | 3 miles S of IONIA, MI |
Time zone: | UTC -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Saving Time) |
Zip code: | 48846 |
Airport Operations
Airport use: | Open to the public |
Activation date: | 04/1940 |
Control tower: | no |
ARTCC: | CHICAGO CENTER |
FSS: | LANSING FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
NOTAMs facility: | LAN (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | 0900-DUSK CLOSED MAJOR HOLIDAYS |
Wind indicator: | lighted |
Segmented circle: | yes |
Lights: | ACTVT MIRL RY 09/27, PAPI RY 09 & 27, AND REIL RY 27 - CTAF. |
Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Airport Communications
CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.8 |
WX AWOS-3: | 118.9 (616-523-1852) |
GREAT LAKES APPROACH: | 118.65 |
GREAT LAKES DEPARTURE: | 118.65 |
- APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY CHICAGO ARTCC (ZAU) ON FREQS 128.4 (GRAND RAPIDS RCAG) WHEN GREAT LAKES APCH CTL CLSD.
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
VIOr069/21.2 | | VICTORY VOR/DME | | 115.95 | | 04W |
NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
KNOBS | | 086/14.2 | | 263 | | 06W | | GR | --. .-. |
Airport Services
Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A |
Parking: | hangars and tiedowns |
Airframe service: | MAJOR |
Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 9/27
Dimensions: | 4298 x 75 ft. / 1310 x 23 m |
Surface: | asphalt, in fair condition |
Weight bearing capacity: | |
Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 9 | | RUNWAY 27 |
Latitude: | 42-56.276868N | | 42-56.269148N |
Longitude: | 085-04.264662W | | 085-03.301688W |
Elevation: | 813.8 ft. | | 802.4 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 096 magnetic, 091 true | | 276 magnetic, 271 true |
Markings: | nonprecision, in fair condition | | nonprecision, in fair condition |
Visual slope indicator: | 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) |
Runway end identifier lights: | no REIL OTS INDEFLY. | | yes |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Runway 18/36
Dimensions: | 4261 x 340 ft. / 1299 x 104 m |
Surface: | turf, in fair condition |
Runway edge markings: | BOTH ENDS MKD WITH 3 FT YELLOW CONES. |
Operational restrictions: | RY 18/36 CLSD N0V 15-APR 15. |
| RUNWAY 18 | | RUNWAY 36 |
Latitude: | 42-56.629043N | | 42-55.927672N |
Longitude: | 085-03.484297W | | 085-03.484297W |
Elevation: | 803.5 ft. | | 817.6 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 184 magnetic, 179 true | | 004 magnetic, 359 true |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Obstructions: | 66 ft. trees, 858 ft. from runway, 13:1 slope to clear | | 56 ft. tree, 1008 ft. from runway, 220 ft. right of centerline, 18:1 slope to clear APPR RATIO 20:1 STRAIGHT OUT |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
Owner: | IONIA COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 100 W. MAIN IONIA, MI 48846 Phone 616-527-5300 |
Manager: | MATT KUHNS 3147 S STATE RD IONIA, MI 48846 Phone (616) 523-9136 |
Airport Operational Statistics
Aircraft based on the field: | | 58 | Single engine airplanes: | | 36 | Multi engine airplanes: | | 4 | Gliders airplanes: | | 18 |
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Aircraft operations: avg 57/day * | 50% | transient general aviation | 50% | local general aviation | * for 12-month period ending 31 December 2018 | |
Additional Remarks
- | EXTENSIVE SOARING ACTIVITY. |
- | ACFT PKD ADJ TO RYS 09/27 & 18/36 DURING GLIDER OPERATIONS. |
- | GLIDER OPNS CONDUCTED SOUTH OF RY 09/27 & WEST OF RY 18/36; USE FREQ 123.3 IN PRACTICE AREA. GLIDERS USE 122.8 IN TFC PATTERN. |
- | LDG FEE FOR COMMERCIAL ACFT, $30 S.E., $75 M.E. |
- | TREES OBST VIEW BTWN RY 18 AND RYS 9 & 27 ENDS. |
- | HOSPITAL AND HOSPITAL HELI ADJ SOUTH OF RY 9/27. |
- | FOR CD CTC GREAT LAKES APCH AT 269-459-3345, WHEN APCH CLSD CTC CHICAGO ARTCC AT 630-906-8921. |
A52-09 | ALSO +25 FT PLINE 1154 FT DIST 38:1. |
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 25 February 2021 at 0901Z to 25 March 2021 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 27 | |
download (208KB) |
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (122KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
6D6 - Greenville Municipal Airport (15 nm NW)
4D0 - Abrams Municipal Airport (17 nm SE)
KGRR - Gerald R Ford International Airport (21 nm W)
9D9 - Hastings Airport (21 nm SW)
KLAN - Capital Region International Airport (23 nm SE)
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Aerial photo |
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by Tal Reichert
Photo taken 29-Jul-2012
looking north.
Do you have a better or more recent aerial photo of Ionia County Airport that you would like to share? If so, please send us your photo.
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 08-Mar-2021
| | Local (UTC-5) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 06:37 | | 11:37 |
Sunrise | | 07:05 | | 12:05 |
Sunset | | 18:37 | | 23:37 |
Evening civil twilight | | 19:05 | | 00:05 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 08-Mar-2021 06:15:56 |
Local (UTC-5) | 08-Mar-2021 01:15:56 |
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METAR |
KY70 | 080539Z AUTO 17005KT 10SM CLR M01/M08 A3032 RMK AO2 T10081083
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TAF |
KGRR 20nm W | 071725Z 0718/0818 08004KT P6SM SCT250 FM071900 21007KT P6SM SCT250 FM080600 18008KT P6SM BKN100 WS020/24040KT FM081300 20009KT P6SM BKN250 FM081500 23014G21KT P6SM BKN150
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KLAN 23nm SE | 071725Z 0718/0818 36005KT P6SM SKC FM071900 27006KT P6SM SCT250 FM080000 15005KT P6SM SCT250 FM080700 18007KT P6SM BKN100 WS020/24040KT FM081300 20009KT P6SM BKN250 FM081500 23015G22KT P6SM BKN150
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NOTAMs |
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