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KY70 ·

Ionia County Airport

42.93800°N
-85.06050°W
ARR / DAY
3
11.8%
DEP / DAY
4
70.6%

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 3 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

13m ago
Temp
88°F
Wind
10 kts
240°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KY70 012115Z AUTO 24010KT 10SM SCT029 SCT036 SCT044 31/24 A2994 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

18
39% of ops
39 land · 7 TO
09
33% of ops
33 land · 7 TO
27
15% of ops
15 land · 17 TO
36
13% of ops
13 land · 19 TO
Runway 18 carries 39% of operations (39 landings, 7 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 09 at 33%.

Approach quality

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

18 39 landings
UA 3%
09 33 landings
UA 0%
27 15 landings
UA 0%
36 13 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 18 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 39 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
5.9
flights/day · 177 total
Busy hour (local)
12pm
also 2pm · 1pm
Day vs night
66%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–1pm local, averaging 5.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (6.1 vs 6.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (33% of 166 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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