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KCFS · TZC

Tuscola Area Airport

43.45880°N

-83.44550°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 30.0%

DEP / DAY

▲ 135.3%

Tuscola Area Airport (KCFS/TZC) is a small general aviation airport located in Caro, MI, 64 mi north of Sterling Heights. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,302 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 6 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

11m ago

Temp

70°F

Wind

5 kts

210°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KCFS 051755Z AUTO 21005KT 8SM -DZ OVC060 21/18 A2991 RMK AO2 PK WND 24027/35 PRESRR 10293 20197

Runways

2 installed

4,302 FT MAX

Runway intelligence

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

44% of ops

19 land · 2 TO

30% of ops

13 land · 0 TO

26% of ops

11 land · 0 TO

Runway 23 carries 44% of operations (19 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 05 at 30%.

Approach quality

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

23 19 landings

UA 21%

05 13 landings

UA 8%

12 11 landings

UA 18%

Approaches to 23 show a 21% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 19 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)

2pm

also 5pm · 6pm

Day vs night

75%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 2pm–6pm local, averaging 3.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (1.6 vs 4.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (17% of 96 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-05-14

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	123.000	—
APCH	120.950	—
APCH	235.625	—
UNICOM	123.000	—
AWOS	119.275	—
FREELAND	127.700	—
FREELAND	290.425	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZOB
Mag var:: 8° W
Fuel:: 100LL, A+

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