AirNav: 5Y2 - Houghton Lake State Airport

5Y2

Houghton Lake State Airport
Houghton Lake Heights, Michigan, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 18 APRIL 2024

Location

FAA Identifier:	5Y2
Lat/Long:	44-19-52.4500N 084-47-27.5500W 44-19.874167N 084-47.459167W 44.3312361,-84.7909861 (estimated)
Elevation:	1165 ft. / 355.1 m (surveyed)
Variation:	05W (1985)
From city:	1 mile W of HOUGHTON LAKE HEIGHTS, MI
Time zone:	UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
Zip code:	48629

Airport Operations

Airport use:	Open to the public
Activation date:	04/1940
Control tower:	no
ARTCC:	MINNEAPOLIS CENTER
FSS:	LANSING FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility:	LAN (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance:	UNATNDD
Wind indicator:	yes
Segmented circle:	yes

Airport Communications

CTAF:	122.9
WX ASOS at HTL (5 nm E):	118.05 (989-366-4825)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance		VOR name		Freq		Var
CGGr193/(21.2)		GRAYLING VOR		109.80		06W
TVCr124/38.3		TRAVERSE CITY VOR/DME		114.60		02W

NDB name		Hdg/Dist		Freq		Var		ID
GRAYLING		182/25.2		359		06W		GYG	--. -.-- --.

Airport Services

Parking:	tiedowns
Airframe service:	NONE
Powerplant service:	NONE
Bottled oxygen:	NONE
Bulk oxygen:	NONE

Runway Information

Runway 16/34

Dimensions:	2750 x 104 ft. / 838 x 32 m
Surface:	turf, in good condition
Runway edge markings:	RWY & DTHR MKD WITH 3 FT YELLOW CONES.
	RUNWAY 16	RUNWAY 34
Latitude:	44-20.086667N	44-19.661667N
Longitude:	084-47.568333W	084-47.350000W
Elevation:	1165.0 ft.	1165.0 ft.
Traffic pattern:	left	left
Runway heading:	165 magnetic, 160 true	345 magnetic, 340 true
Displaced threshold:	550 ft.	900 ft.
Obstructions:	53 ft. tree, 77 ft. left of centerline CTLG OBSTN EXCEEDS A 45 DEG SLP. APCH RATIO 20:1 TO DTHR.	23 ft. trees, 64 ft. from runway, 60 ft. left of centerline, 2:1 slope to clear APCH RATIO 18:1 TO DTHR OVR +88 FT TREES, 1795 FT DIST, 20 FT L.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership:	Publicly-owned
Owner:	STATE OF MICHIGAN 2700 PORT LANSING RD LANSING, MI 48906-2172 Phone 517-335-9681
Manager:	CHRIS AMBROSE 125 CRISTI LN HOUGHTON LAKE, MI 48629-9683 Phone 616-540-1324

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field:		6
Single engine airplanes:		6

Aircraft operations: avg 33/month *
50%	transient general aviation
50%	local general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 31 December 2022

Additional Remarks

-	SNOW REMOVAL IREG - CTC AMGR AT 616-540-1324 TO VFY CONDS.
-	DEER & LRG BIRDS ON & INVOF ARPT.
-	FOR CD CTC MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC AT 651-463-5588.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 5Y2.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KHTL - Roscommon County/Blodgett Memorial Airport (5 nm E)
KGOV - Grayling Army Airfield (21 nm N)
KGDW - Gladwin Zettel Memorial Airport (26 nm SE)
Y31 - West Branch Community Airport (27 nm E)
KCAD - Wexford County Airport (27 nm W)

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Area around 5Y2 (Houghton Lake State Airport)

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Aerial photo
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct Photo courtesy of Bev Smith, photographer, & Brad Smith, pilot. Photo taken 18-Apr-2009 from 1000 ft. AGL. Do you have a better or more recent aerial photo of Houghton Lake State Airport that you would like to share? If so, please send us your photo.

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Sunrise and sunset

Times for 19-Apr-2024

	Local (UTC-4)	Zulu (UTC)
Morning civil twilight	06:17	10:17
Sunrise	06:48	10:48
Sunset	20:28	00:28
Evening civil twilight	20:59	00:59

Current date and time

Zulu (UTC)	20-Apr-2024 00:10:03
Local (UTC-4)	19-Apr-2024 20:10:03

METAR

KHTL
5nm E

192353Z AUTO 27016G21KT 10SM SCT060 OVC080 07/M04 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP144 60000 T00671044 10089 20061 56003

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