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KY70 ·

Ionia County Airport

42.93800°N
-85.06050°W
ARR / DAY
2
62.5%
DEP / DAY
3
21.7%

Ionia County Airport (KY70) is a small general aviation airport located in Ionia, MI, 29 mi north west of Lansing. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,300 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

12m ago
Temp
61°F
Wind
7 kts
290°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KY70 240055Z AUTO 29007KT 10SM CLR 16/11 A2996 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

09
40% of ops
43 land · 4 TO
18
37% of ops
40 land · 10 TO
27
12% of ops
13 land · 16 TO
36
10% of ops
11 land · 17 TO
Runway 09 carries 40% of operations (43 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 37%.

Approach quality

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

09 43 landings
UA 0%
18 40 landings
UA 2%
27 13 landings
UA 0%
36 11 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 09 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 43 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
6.2
flights/day · 185 total
Busy hour (local)
12pm
also 2pm · 3pm
Day vs night
67%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–3pm local, averaging 6.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (5.1 vs 6.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (31% of 171 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 118.650
APCH 226.400
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 118.900
GRAND RA 128.400
OTHER 128.400
GRAND RA 257.600
OTHER 257.600
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Mag var:
5° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 01:07 UTC