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K48D ·

Clare Municipal Airport

43.83450°N
-84.74020°W
ARR / DAY
1
59.1%
DEP / DAY
2
56.3%

Clare Municipal Airport (K48D) is a small general aviation airport located in Clare, MI, 76 mi north east of Grand Rapids. It features 2 runways with the longest being 3,500 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KAMN, 35 mi away (K48D does not publish METAR)

11m ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
7 kts
300°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KAMN 271615Z AUTO 30007G14KT 10SM SCT028 SCT033 24/16 A2997 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

04
56% of ops
55 land · 15 TO
22
20% of ops
20 land · 17 TO
27
14% of ops
14 land · 4 TO
09
9% of ops
9 land · 6 TO
Runway 04 carries 56% of operations (55 landings, 15 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 22 at 20%.

Approach quality

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

04 55 landings
UA 11%
22 20 landings
UA 5%
27 14 landings
UA 7%
09 9 landings
UA 11%
Approaches to 04 show a 11% unstable-approach rate (6 UA events from 55 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
7.0
flights/day · 210 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 2pm · 3pm
Day vs night
69%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 7.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (4.9 vs 8.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (21% of 174 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 126.450
APCH 235.625
UNICOM 122.800
FREELAND 127.700
OTHER 127.700
FREELAND 290.425
OTHER 290.425
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZOB
Elevation:
856 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 16:26 UTC