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KY70 ·

Ionia County Airport

42.93800°N
-85.06050°W
ARR / DAY
0
0.0%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

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.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2h ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
4 kts
130°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KY70 072215Z AUTO 13004KT 10SM FEW047 24/15 A3017 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

18
33% of ops
49 land · 9 TO
09
33% of ops
49 land · 12 TO
27
19% of ops
28 land · 29 TO
36
16% of ops
24 land · 26 TO
Runway 18 carries 33% of operations (49 landings, 9 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 49 landings
UA 4%
09 49 landings
UA 0%
27 28 landings
UA 0%
36 24 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 18 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 49 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
5.4
flights/day · 161 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 8pm · 12pm
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–2pm local, averaging 5.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (5.6 vs 5.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (34% of 153 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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