Skip to content

KY31 · West Branch Community Airport

ICAO · US · 5 NTSB events

ID KY31 FAA Y31 Elev 882 ft Lat 44° 14.69' N Lon 84° 10.79' W Zulu …

Live conditions

METAR

fetching…

Wind / Visibility

—

Density altitude (now)

—

Decode in METAR tool TAF on AWC ↗ NOTAMs ↗

Aerial view

No FAA diagram published

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA

Runways

2 runway ends on file. Longest: 5,000 ft. Max gradient: 0.42%

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
09 089° 5,000 ft 100 ft ASP Yes 0.42%
27 269° 5,000 ft 100 ft ASP Yes 0.42%

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).

Communications · 3 frequencies

  • CNTR MINNEAPOLIS CNTR 118.525
  • RDO LANSING RDO 122.350
  • UNIC CTAF/UNICOM 122.800

Live ATC audio (streaming + archived): Open KY31 on LiveATC ↗

Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · 2 matched · 4 not yet translated

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

TL;DR

  • ·Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate REIL RWY 09 & 27; PAPI RWY 09 & 27; MIRL RWY 09/27. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.
  • ·Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

Watch for

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate REIL RWY 09 & 27; PAPI RWY 09 & 27; MIRL RWY 09/27. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    pcl ctaf

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

    wildlife hazard

All translated remarks (2)

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate REIL RWY 09 & 27; PAPI RWY 09 & 27; MIRL RWY 09/27. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    ACTVT REIL RWY 09 & 27; PAPI RWY 09 & 27; MIRL RWY 09/27 - CTAF

  • 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 (4 sentences)
  • ·ADMIN BLDG ACES: 5-3-2-1-#.
  • ·FOR CD CTC MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC AT 651-463-5588.
  • ·FOR SVC AFT HRS CALL AMGR SUBJ CALL-IN FEE.
  • ·PAPI RWY 09 & 27 OPR CONSLY SR-SS.

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

No

IATA · WBK Airport website ↗

NTSB events

5 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Total events

7

since 1982

Fatal

0

0.0% of total

Last 5 years

0

no recent events

Last 10 years

1

≈ 0.1/yr

Ranking across all airports · Open in accident map ↗

Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 12,730 ops in 1995

2024 total

6,000

10-yr total

56,312

2024 mix

AC/AT 0% · GA 100% · Mil 0%

Events / million ops

17.8

last 10 years

Fatal / million ops

0.00

approximate · 10-yr scaled

Last 10 years · n=0

No NTSB events at this field in the last decade.

All time · n=5

  • Other 3
  • Fuel exhaustion / starvation 1
  • Ground collision 1

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

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
1992-10-04 Piper PA-22-160 · Other · VMC · day →
1991-04-06 Piper PA-28-181 · Ground collision · VMC · day →
1989-09-04 Mooney M20 · Other · day →
1986-07-24 Cessna 172N · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · day →
1984-10-04 Cessna 150F · Other · night →

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
Spencer Norris Ottawa Lake MI 43 nm
Kevin Paul Spaulding Cadillac MI 54 nm
Edward Charles Shipman Traverse City MI 68 nm
Todd Armstrong Zrimec Traverse City MI 68 nm
Anthony Connaghan Cedar MI 78 nm
Mark Schmitt Rockford MI 89 nm
Dennis Joseph Doren Sparta MI 93 nm
David Crisp Lake Odessa MI 97 nm
Craig Fortson Howell MI 99 nm
David Henry Johnson Grand Rapids MI 100 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
Jacob Franklin Davidson Alger MI 6 nm
Terry Lee Beard Gladwin MI 21 nm
Manu Kamal Kashyap Gladwin MI 21 nm
Danielle Corinne Weeter Prudenville MI 21 nm
David Robert Pflum Roscommon MI 23 nm
Matthew Louis Klempp Roscommon MI 23 nm
Mikhael Austin Floyd Roscommon MI 23 nm
Robert Roy Kotranza Houghton Lake MI 25 nm
Daniel Mark Dantuma Pinconning MI 25 nm
James Malcolm Klein Pinconning MI 25 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
Robert Hugo Meske West Branch MI 3 nm
Lane Charles Taber West Branch MI 3 nm
Carl Kenneth Borsodi West Branch MI 3 nm
Steven Edward Simmons West Branch MI 3 nm
Craig Allen Van Wormer West Branch MI 3 nm
Brandon Eric Hewitt West Branch MI 3 nm
Benjamin Perrie Windsor West Branch MI 3 nm
Darrell Monroe Lutze Jr Alger MI 6 nm
Wilfred Ray Powell Rose City MI 11 nm
Charles Dean Jackson Rose City MI 11 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
 22 nm
Evans Avionics, LLC
Traverse City, MI
 67 nm
Preferred Avionics
Howell, MI
 97 nm
Unique Avionics, LLC
Waterford, MI
 100 nm
Unique One Aircraft Interiors
Waterford Twp, MI
 101 nm
Mayday Avionics, Inc.
Grand Rapids, MI
 101 nm
Great Lakes Aviation Services
Kimball, MI
 108 nm
Tulip City Air Repair
Holland, MI
 123 nm
Top Flight Avionics
Belleville, MI
 124 nm
Airworthy Aviation Maintenance
Sheboygan Falls, WI
 161 nm

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