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72MI Northwoods Airport
Watersmeet, Michigan, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 19 FEBRUARY 2026

Location

FAA Identifier: 72MI
Lat/Long: 46-17-10.4000N 089-16-41.1000W
46-17.173333N 089-16.685000W
46.2862222,-89.2780833
(estimated)
Elevation: 1642.1 ft. / 501 m (estimated)
Variation: 02W (1995)
From city: 5 miles W of WATERSMEET, MI
Time zone: UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 49969

Airport Operations

Airport use: Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Activation date: 10/1978
Control tower: no
ARTCC: MINNEAPOLIS CENTER
FSS: GREEN BAY FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
Attendance: IREG
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: no
Lights: ACTVT REIL RWY 09 & 27; VASI RWY 09 & 27; MIRL RWY 09/27 - CALL AMGR.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
ACTVT ABN - CALL AMGR.

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9
WX AWOS-3 at LNL (8 nm S): 119.525 (715-547-6313)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
IWDr112/38.1IRONWOOD VOR/DME108.8001E
RHIr009/39.9RHINELANDER VOR/DME115.0502E

Airport Services

Parking: hangars

Runway Information

Runway 9/27

Dimensions: 5000 x 75 ft. / 1524 x 23 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 75.0
Double wheel: 95.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 9  RUNWAY 27
Latitude: 46-17.201558N46-17.143450N
Longitude: 089-17.276978W089-16.093075W
Elevation: 1642.1 ft.1613.0 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 096 magnetic, 094 true276 magnetic, 274 true
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-box VASI on left (4.50 degrees glide path)2-box VASI on left (4.00 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 144 ft. trees, 1500 ft. from runway, 9:1 slope to clear88 ft. trees, 1000 ft. from runway, 9:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: INSTITUTE IN BASIC LIFE PRINCIPLES
PO BOX 1
OAK BROOK, IL 60522-0001
Phone 630-323-9800
Manager: MARK OLSON
E21800 WOLF LAKE RD
WATERSMEET, MI 49969-9710
Phone 906-358-4500

Additional Remarks

- DEER & WATERFOWL ON & INVOF ARPT.
- FOR CD CTC MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC AT 651-463-5588.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 72MI.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KLNL - Kings Land O' Lakes Airport (8 nm S)
KEGV - Eagle River Union Airport (21 nm S)
D25 - Manitowish Waters Airport (27 nm W)
KARV - Lakeland Airport/Noble F. Lee Memorial Field (29 nm SW)
KOGM - Ontonagon County Airport/Schuster Field (34 nm N)
  
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 25-Feb-2026
 Local
(UTC-6)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:1412:14
Sunrise06:4412:44
Sunset17:3623:36
Evening civil twilight18:0600:06

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  26-Feb-2026 03:37:32
Local (UTC-6)  25-Feb-2026 21:37:32
 
METAR
KLNL 
8nm S 		260315Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR M21/M23 A2974 RMK AO2 T12071231
TAF
KIWD 
37nm W 		251739Z 2518/2618 29011KT 6SM HZ OVC016 FM252000 29010KT P6SM BKN018 FM252300 28006KT P6SM SCT040 FM261200 19005KT P6SM BKN040 PROB30 2612/2618 4SM -SHSN OVC025
KRHI 
40nm S 		251728Z 2518/2618 30009G17KT P6SM SCT025 FM252000 29007KT P6SM SCT030 FM260000 26002KT P6SM SCT250 FM260300 VRB03KT P6SM BKN150 FM261200 21003KT P6SM OVC060 FM261400 21006KT 6SM -SN OVC030 WS020/25035KT TEMPO 2614/2616 3SM -SN OVC020
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