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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

Latest METAR observation

22m ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
5 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KLDM 282315Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM BKN075 23/16 A3010 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

26
66% of ops
141 land · 168 TO
08
15% of ops
32 land · 29 TO
01
11% of ops
23 land · 42 TO
19
8% of ops
18 land · 8 TO
Runway 26 carries 66% of operations (141 landings, 168 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

26 141 landings
UA 6%
08 32 landings
UA 22%
01 23 landings
UA 4%
19 18 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 26 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (8 UA events from 141 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
10.5
flights/day · 316 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4pm · 5pm
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 10.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (7.0 vs 12.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (22% of 245 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

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 23:37 UTC