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3S5

Schiffer Acres Airport
St Johns, Michigan, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 11 JUNE 2026

Location

FAA Identifier:	3S5
Lat/Long:	43-02-10.3000N 084-26-03.0500W 43-02.171667N 084-26.050833W 43.0361944,-84.4341806 (estimated)
Elevation:	741 ft. / 226 m (estimated)
From city:	6 miles ENE of ST JOHNS, MI
Time zone:	UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
Zip code:	48866

Airport Operations

Airport use:	Open to the public
Activation date:	04/1982
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:	yes

Airport Communications

CTAF:	122.9
WX AWOS-3P at RNP (13 nm E):	118.025 (989-729-2967)
WX ASOS at LAN (17 nm SW):	PHONE 517-908-8494

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance	VOR name	Freq	Var
FNTr284/30.4	FLINT VORTAC	116.90	06W
MBSr211/33.6	SAGINAW VOR/DME	114.35	03W
MOPr164/37.6	MOUNT PLEASANT VOR/DME	110.60	05W

Airport Services

Parking:	tiedowns
Airframe service:	NONE
Powerplant service:	NONE

Runway Information

Runway 8/26

Dimensions:	2777 x 120 ft. / 846 x 37 m
Surface:	turf, in good condition
Runway edge lights:	low intensity LIRL NOT FOR PUBLIC USE.
Runway edge markings:	RWY DEFINED BY MOWING; DTHR MKD WITH 3 YELLOW CONES EACH SIDE OF RWY.
	RUNWAY 8	RUNWAY 26
Latitude:	43-02.100000N	43-02.243333N
Longitude:	084-26.346667W	084-25.755000W
Elevation:	733.0 ft.	741.0 ft.
Traffic pattern:	right	left
Runway heading:	072 true	252 true
Displaced threshold:	no	1383 ft.
Obstructions:	none	50 ft. trees, 85 ft. left of centerline, 1:1 slope to clear APCH RATIO 8:1 OVR +47 FT TREE, 381 FT DIST, 80 FT L; 20:1 TO DTHR.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership:	Privately-owned
Owner:	MICHAEL & ALBERT SCHIFFER 3473 N SHEPARDSVILLE RD OVID, MI 48866-9667 Phone 989-834-5067
Manager:	MICHAEL & ALBERT SCHIFFER 3473 N SHEPARDSVILLE RD OVID, MI 48866-9667 Phone 989-834-5067

Additional Remarks

-	DEER, BIRDS, & WILDLIFE ON & INVOF ARPT.
-	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 3S5.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KRNP - Owosso Community Airport (13 nm E)
KLAN - Capital Region International Airport (17 nm SW)
KAMN - Gratiot Community Airport (20 nm NW)
4D0 - Abrams Municipal Airport (20 nm SW)
Y70 - Ionia County Airport (28 nm W)

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Area around 3S5 (Schiffer Acres Airport)

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Sunrise and sunset

Times for 17-Jun-2026

	Local (UTC-4)	Zulu (UTC)
Morning civil twilight	05:23	09:23
Sunrise	05:59	09:59
Sunset	21:18	01:18
Evening civil twilight	21:54	01:54

Current date and time

Zulu (UTC)	17-Jun-2026 13:26:24
Local (UTC-4)	17-Jun-2026 09:26:24

METAR

KRNP 13nm E	171255Z AUTO 21006KT 10SM CLR 17/11 A2964 RMK AO2 T01700114
KLAN 17nm SW	171253Z 25010KT 10SM CLR 17/12 A2965 RMK AO2 PRESRR SLP040 T01670122

TAF

KLAN
17nm SW

171120Z 1712/1812 23007KT P6SM BKN200 FM171700 22012G20KT P6SM -RA OVC060 FM171900 13010KT 4SM RA BR OVC015 FM172100 10016G30KT 2SM TSRA BR OVC009CB FM180000 11010G16KT 5SM -SHRA BR BKN009 PROB30 1800/1804 3SM TSRA BR BKN009CB FM180400 25012G18KT P6SM BKN015

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