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Oakland Southwest Airport

42.50310°N
-83.62370°W
ARR / DAY
5
▼ 7.7%
DEP / DAY
3
▼ 21.4%

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.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

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

39m ago
Temp
70°F
Wind
5 kts
250°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KPTK 310553Z AUTO 25005KT 10SM SCT110 21/19 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP168 T02110189 10222 20211 58002

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
51% of ops
92 land · 74 TO
08
49% of ops
87 land · 25 TO
Runway 26 carries 51% of operations (92 landings, 74 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 08 at 49%.

Approach quality

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

26 92 landings
UA 25%
08 87 landings
UA 14%
Approaches to 26 show a 25% unstable-approach rate (23 UA events from 92 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
7.7
flights/day · 231 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 6pm · 5pm
Day vs night
61%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 7.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (6.4 vs 8.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

36 · 17%
32 · 15%
26 · 12%
22 · 11%
17 · 8%
10 · 5%
Activity is led by (17% of 208 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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