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Clare Municipal Airport

43.83450°N
-84.74020°W
ARR / DAY
3
69.2%
DEP / DAY
4
18.2%

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 3 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

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

54m ago
Temp
66°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
3219 m
Ceil
METAR KRQB 030635Z AUTO 00000KT 2SM BR SCT001 19/19 A2994 RMK AO2 VIS 3/4V5

Runway intelligence

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

04
51% of ops
81 land · 24 TO
22
19% of ops
30 land · 22 TO
27
15% of ops
24 land · 5 TO
09
15% of ops
23 land · 9 TO
Runway 04 carries 51% of operations (81 landings, 24 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 81 landings
UA 12%
22 30 landings
UA 7%
27 24 landings
UA 8%
09 23 landings
UA 9%
Approaches to 04 show a 12% unstable-approach rate (10 UA events from 81 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
7.4
flights/day · 221 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 5pm · 4pm
Day vs night
71%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–4pm local, averaging 7.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (5.9 vs 8.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (24% of 189 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 07:29 UTC