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K48D ·

Clare Municipal Airport

43.83450°N
-84.74020°W
ARR / DAY
2
12.5%
DEP / DAY
3
16.7%

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 2 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KMBS, 39 mi away (K48D does not publish METAR)

17m ago
Temp
76°F
Wind
6 kts
220°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KMBS 292253Z 22006KT 10SM SCT100 24/16 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP184 T02440156

Runway intelligence

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

04
53% of ops
50 land · 14 TO
22
19% of ops
18 land · 17 TO
27
15% of ops
14 land · 4 TO
09
14% of ops
13 land · 7 TO
Runway 04 carries 53% of operations (50 landings, 14 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 22 at 19%.

Approach quality

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

04 50 landings
UA 12%
22 18 landings
UA 6%
27 14 landings
UA 7%
09 13 landings
UA 8%
Approaches to 04 show a 12% unstable-approach rate (6 UA events from 50 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
6.9
flights/day · 206 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 2pm · 4pm
Day vs night
73%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 6.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (4.9 vs 8.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (21% of 170 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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