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K35D ·

Padgham Field

42.53100°N
-85.82510°W
ARR / DAY
2
33.3%
DEP / DAY
2
55.6%

Padgham Field (K35D) is a small general aviation airport located in Allegan, MI, 31 mi south of Grand Rapids. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,300 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KAZO, 25 mi away (K35D does not publish METAR)

48m ago
Temp
60°F
Wind
4 kts
250°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KAZO 241253Z 25004KT 10SM CLR 16/11 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP174 T01560106

Runway intelligence

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

29
31% of ops
20 land · 2 TO
33
23% of ops
15 land · 3 TO
11
23% of ops
15 land · 8 TO
15
23% of ops
15 land · 6 TO
Runway 29 carries 31% of operations (20 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 33 at 23%.

Approach quality

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

29 20 landings
UA 5%
33 15 landings
UA 13%
11 15 landings
UA 0%
15 15 landings
UA 7%
Approaches to 29 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 20 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
3.6
flights/day · 109 total
Busy hour (local)
12am
also 3pm · 9pm
Day vs night
53%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–9pm local, averaging 3.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (3.8 vs 3.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (35% of 102 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 128.400
APCH 257.600
UNICOM 122.800
PULLMAN 128.500
OTHER 128.500
PULLMAN 273.525
OTHER 273.525
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Elevation:
706 ft
Mag var:
5° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 13:41 UTC