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5Y2 · Houghton Lake State Airport

FAA-LID · US · 5 NTSB events

ID 5Y2 Elev 1,165 ft Lat 44° 19.75' N Lon 84° 47.50' W Zulu …

Live conditions

METAR

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Wind / Visibility

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Density altitude (now)

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Aerial view

No FAA diagram published

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA

Runways

2 runway ends on file. Longest: 2,750 ft.

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
16 — 2,750 ft 104 ft TURF-F No 0.00%
34 320.6° 2,750 ft 104 ft TURF-F No 0.00%

Lengths + headings: in-app airport database. Surface, width, lighting: OurAirports. Gradient: derived from FAA NASR runway-end elevations (NASR's RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of rows).

Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · 1 matched · 6 not yet translated

Translations anchored to the FAA text; the raw FAA text is authoritative.

TL;DR

  • ·Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

Watch for

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    wildlife hazard

All translated remarks (1)

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    DEER & LRG BIRDS ON & INVOF ARPT.

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (6 sentences)
  • ·SNOW REMOVAL IREG - CTC AMGR AT 616-540-1324 TO VFY CONDS.
  • ·FOR CD CTC MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC AT 651-463-5588.
  • ·RWY & DTHR MKD WITH 3 FT YELLOW CONES.
  • ·RWY & DTHR MKD WITH 3 FT YELLOW CONES.
  • ·CTLG OBSTN EXCEEDS A 45 DEG SLP.
  • ·APCH RATIO 18:1 TO DTHR OVR +88 FT TREES, 1795 FT DIST, 20 FT L.

Field profile

Wikipedia

Full article ↗

Houghton Lake Airport, known formally as Houghton Lake State Airport, is a state-owned public airport located in Roscommon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is in the community of Houghton Lake Heights within Roscommon Township. The airport is named after the nearby Houghton Lake just east of the airport, and it is also included within the census-designated place of Houghton Lake.

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

No

NTSB events

5 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Total events

6

since 1982

Fatal

0

0.0% of total

Last 5 years

0

no recent events

Last 10 years

2

≈ 0.2/yr

Ranking across all airports · Open in accident map ↗

Last 10 years · n=1

  • Engine failure / power loss 1

All time · n=5

  • Ground collision 2
  • Other 1
  • Undershoot / overshoot 1
  • Engine failure / power loss 1

Categories rule-matched from NTSB findings and probable-cause text. "Other" = not enough agency text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2018-07-08 Best Off Skyranger · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2016-07-02 Piper PA-22-150 · Under/overshoot · VMC · day →
2001-07-22 Maule M-5-180C · Ground collision · VMC · day →
1994-08-14 Hughes TH-55A · Other · VMC →
1983-09-03 Piper PA-15 · Ground collision · VMC · day →

Designees in MI

CFI Flight Instructors 1,786 A&P Mechanics 5,757 AME Medical Examiners (AME) 55 DME Mechanic Examiners (DME) 5 DPRE Parachute Rigger Examiners (DPRE) 1 DAR-F Manufacturing Airworthiness (DAR-F) 5 DAR-T Maintenance Airworthiness (DAR-T) 4 DER-Y Engineering — Company (DER-Y) 1 DER-T Engineering — Consultant (DER-T) 9 SAE Specialty Aircraft Examiners (SAE) 29 APD Aircrew Program Designees (APD) 16 TCE Training Center Evaluators (TCE) 1 ODA Organizational Designations 3 Schools Flight Schools 54 FBO Fixed Base Operators 103 Clubs Flying Clubs 41 Repair Repair / Maintenance Shops 9 EAA EAA Chapters 40

DPEs nearby

Distance is city-centroid to airport, a first cut, not the exam location.

Designee City ST Distance
Kevin Paul Spaulding Cadillac MI 28 nm
Spencer Norris Ottawa Lake MI 30 nm
Edward Charles Shipman Traverse City MI 43 nm
Todd Armstrong Zrimec Traverse City MI 43 nm
Anthony Connaghan Cedar MI 53 nm
Mark Schmitt Rockford MI 79 nm
Dennis Joseph Doren Sparta MI 81 nm
David Henry Johnson Grand Rapids MI 90 nm
David Crisp Lake Odessa MI 94 nm
Craig Fortson Howell MI 110 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs nearby

City-centroid distance; ratings as on the FAA certificate.

Instructor City ST Distance
Robert Roy Kotranza Houghton Lake MI 3 nm
Danielle Corinne Weeter Prudenville MI 6 nm
David Robert Pflum Roscommon MI 13 nm
Matthew Louis Klempp Roscommon MI 13 nm
Mikhael Austin Floyd Roscommon MI 13 nm
Steven George Gruenberg Falmouth MI 14 nm
Jerry Wayne Jenema Lake City MI 18 nm
William Thomas Cook Harrison Township MI 19 nm
Bjorn Vidar Stolsbotten Harrison Township MI 19 nm
Christopher Melvin King Harrison Township MI 19 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics nearby

City-centroid distance. A = airframe, P = powerplant, IA = inspection authorization.

Mechanic City ST Distance
Charles Calvin Zorn Houghton Lake MI 3 nm
Robert Randall Sonefeld Houghton Lake MI 3 nm
Eric Jerome Jaroch Houghton Lake MI 3 nm
Edwin Lee Pauley Jr Houghton Lake MI 3 nm
Andrew Alan Stevenson Houghton Lake MI 3 nm
Sean Brandon Gale Prudenville MI 6 nm
Andrew Walter Wartinger Prudenville MI 6 nm
David Robert Pflum Roscommon MI 13 nm
Ralph Kenneth Fritsch Roscommon MI 13 nm
Matthew Louis Klempp Roscommon MI 13 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations nearby

By airport location.

Shop Distance
Cornerstone Aircraft Maintenance
Houghton Lake, MI
 5 nm
Evans Avionics, LLC
Traverse City, MI
 42 nm
Mayday Avionics, Inc.
Grand Rapids, MI
 93 nm
Preferred Avionics
Howell, MI
 108 nm
Tulip City Air Repair
Holland, MI
 111 nm
Unique Avionics, LLC
Waterford, MI
 116 nm
Unique One Aircraft Interiors
Waterford Twp, MI
 117 nm
Great Lakes Aviation Services
Kimball, MI
 130 nm
Airworthy Aviation Maintenance
Sheboygan Falls, WI
 136 nm
Top Flight Avionics
Belleville, MI
 138 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.