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KY89 ·

Kalkaska City Airport

44.72520°N

-85.20310°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 25.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 50.0%

Kalkaska City Airport (KY89) is a small general aviation airport located in Kalkaska, MI, 124 mi north of Grand Rapids. It features 1 runway measuring 3,500 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KTVC, 19 mi away (KY89 does not publish METAR)

16m ago

Temp

72°F

Wind

8 kts

260°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KTVC 031653Z 26008KT 10SM TS SCT035CB OVC048 22/18 A2997 RMK AO2 PRESRR SLP145 OCNL LTGICCG SE-W TS SE-W MOV SE T02220183

Runways

1 installed

3,500 FT MAX

10/28

3,500 ft × 75

ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

60% of ops

54 land · 0 TO

40% of ops

36 land · 4 TO

Runway 28 carries 60% of operations (54 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 10 at 40%.

Approach quality

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

28 54 landings

UA 0%

10 36 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 28 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 54 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

2.4

flights/day · 71 total

Busy hour (local)

3pm

also 4pm · 12am

Day vs night

62%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 12am–3pm local, averaging 2.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (3.0 vs 2.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (29% of 59 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	122.900	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZMP
Elevation:: 1,029 ft

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