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Oakland Southwest Airport

42.50310°N
-83.62370°W
ARR / DAY
5
9.1%
DEP / DAY
3
32.1%

Oakland Southwest Airport (KY47) is a small general aviation airport located in New Hudson, MI, 17 mi north of Ann Arbor. It features 1 runway measuring 3,128 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 5 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KPTK, 15 mi away (KY47 does not publish METAR)

19m ago
Temp
57°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KPTK 290953Z COR 00000KT 10SM MIFG FEW055 FEW250 14/13 A3019 RMK SLP219 T01390133

Runways

1 installed

3,128 FT MAX
08/26
3,128 ft × 40
ASPH-F● LITLOW

Runway intelligence

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

26
52% of ops
97 land · 75 TO
08
48% of ops
91 land · 27 TO
Runway 26 carries 52% of operations (97 landings, 75 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 08 at 48%.

Approach quality

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

26 97 landings
UA 27%
08 91 landings
UA 13%
Approaches to 26 show a 27% unstable-approach rate (26 UA events from 97 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
8.2
flights/day · 245 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 10pm · 2pm
Day vs night
58%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 8.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (4.9 vs 9.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (17% of 218 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.700
APCH 132.350
APCH 284.000
UNICOM 122.700
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZOB
Mag var:
7° W
Fuel:
100LL

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

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
wolfgangx
09/18/2018
(no subject)
The trees are taller than they appear. Know your short field performance and maybe don't take off at gross weight if its close. Bonanza V35 at gross was too close for comfort on takeoff.
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