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📍 Ludington⬆ 646 ft2 runways
KLDM · LDM

Mason County Airport

43.96250°N
-86.40790°W
ARR / DAY
5
12.9%
DEP / DAY
6
34.4%

Mason County Airport (KLDM/LDM) is a small general aviation airport located in Ludington, MI, 78 mi north west of Grand Rapids. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,003 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 5 arrivals and 6 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KMKG, 55 mi away (KLDM does not publish METAR)

30m ago
Temp
74°F
Wind
4 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KMKG 281555Z VRB04KT 10SM FEW070 23/12 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP218 T02330122

Runway intelligence

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

26
62% of ops
143 land · 170 TO
08
15% of ops
34 land · 30 TO
01
14% of ops
32 land · 52 TO
19
10% of ops
22 land · 8 TO
Runway 26 carries 62% of operations (143 landings, 170 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 08 at 15%.

Approach quality

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

26 143 landings
UA 6%
08 34 landings
UA 21%
01 32 landings
UA 3%
19 22 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 26 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (8 UA events from 143 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
11.2
flights/day · 335 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4pm · 5pm
Day vs night
64%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 11.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (7.0 vs 13.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (21% of 258 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.000
UNICOM 123.000
AWOS 119.925
WHITE CL 120.850
OTHER 120.850
LUDINGTO 122.300
OTHER 122.300
WHITE CL 322.350
OTHER 322.350
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
3° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 16:25 UTC