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📍 Chesaning⬆ 644 ft2 runways
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Howard Nixon Memorial Airport

43.18340°N
-84.13330°W
ARR / DAY
2
15.4%
DEP / DAY
3
33.3%

Howard Nixon Memorial Airport (50G) is a small general aviation airport located in Chesaning, MI, 38 mi north east of Lansing. It features 2 runways with the longest being 2,800 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KMBS, 24 mi away (50G does not publish METAR)

57m ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
8 kts
350°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KMBS 022153Z 35008KT 10SM CLR 27/23 A2988 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E-S RAE12 TSB2055E10 SLP113 P0000 T02720228

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

36
38% of ops
38 land · 10 TO
18
27% of ops
27 land · 20 TO
09
19% of ops
19 land · 0 TO
27
16% of ops
16 land · 6 TO
Runway 36 carries 38% of operations (38 landings, 10 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 27%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

36 38 landings
UA 0%
18 27 landings
UA 4%
09 19 landings
UA 16%
27 16 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 36 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 38 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
4.4
flights/day · 132 total
Busy hour (local)
10pm
also 11pm · 12am
Day vs night
20%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–10pm local, averaging 4.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (2.6 vs 5.3 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (25% of 109 flights). Top three types: , , .

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
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