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KY70 · Ionia County Airport

ICAO · US · 16 NTSB events

ID KY70 FAA Y70 Elev 818 ft Lat 42° 56.28' N Lon 85° 3.63' W Zulu …

Live conditions

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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

4 runway ends on file. Longest: 4,300 ft. Max gradient: 0.33%

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
09 90.6° 4,300 ft 75 ft ASP Yes —
27 270.6° 4,300 ft 75 ft ASP Yes —
18 179° 4,261 ft 340 ft GRS No 0.33%
36 359° 4,261 ft 340 ft GRS No 0.33%

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

  • A/D LANSING APP/DEP 118.650
  • RDO LANSING RDO 115.950
  • UNIC CTAF/UNICOM 122.800

Live ATC audio (streaming + archived): Open KY70 on LiveATC ↗

Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · 1 matched · 10 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 28; PAPI RWY 10 & 28; MIRL RWY 10/28. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

Watch for

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate REIL RWY 28; PAPI RWY 10 & 28; MIRL RWY 10/28. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

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All translated remarks (1)

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate REIL RWY 28; PAPI RWY 10 & 28; MIRL RWY 10/28. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    ACTVT REIL RWY 28; PAPI RWY 10 & 28; MIRL RWY 10/28 - CTAF

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (10 sentences)
  • ·EXTENSIVE SOARING ACTIVITY.
  • ·GLDR OPS CONDUCTED S OF RWY 10/28 & WEST OF RWY 18/36; USE FREQ 123.3 IN PRACTICE AREA.
  • ·GLDRS USE CTAF IN TFC PAT.
  • ·TREES OBST VIEW BTWN RWY END 18 WITH RWY END 10 & 28.
  • ·HOSPITAL & HOSPITAL HELI ADJ SOUTH OF RWY 10/28.
  • ·FOR CD CTC GREAT LAKES APCH AT 269-459-3345, WHEN APCH CLSD CTC CHICAGO ARTCC AT 630-906-8921.
  • ·RWY 18/36 MKD WITH 3 FT YELLOW CONES. 3 FT YELLOW CONES.
  • ·ALSO +25 FT PLINE, 1154 FT DIST, 38:1.
  • ·ALSO +33 FT PLINE, 1015 FT DIST, 30:1.
  • ·FOR HNGR AVBLTY CALL AMGR.

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

No

NTSB events

16 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Total events

16

since 1982

Fatal

1

6.3% of total

Last 5 years

0

no recent events

Last 10 years

2

≈ 0.2/yr

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Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 42,600 ops in 1999

2024 total

21,500

10-yr total

211,000

2024 mix

AC/AT 0% · GA 98% · Mil 2%

Events / million ops

9.5

last 10 years

Fatal / million ops

0.59

approximate · 10-yr scaled

Last 10 years · n=2

  • Gear-up landing 1
  • Other 1

All time · n=16

  • Other 7
  • Gear-up landing 2
  • Ground collision 2
  • Fuel exhaustion / starvation 1
  • Weather · wind / icing / convective 1
  • Controlled flight into terrain 1
  • Hard landing 1
  • Stall / spin 1

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

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
1994-09-01 Piper PA-28R-180 · Gear-up · day →
1992-05-17 Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp.) 415C · Other · day →
1989-10-25 Cessna 150K · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · day →
2020-05-22 Cessna 182 · Other · day →
2016-12-16 Stinson 108-3 · Gear-up · day →
2012-05-29 Schleicher ASW-27 · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
2009-09-05 Ketonen Schreder · Hard landing · day →
2002-08-27 Schweizer SGS-126E · Other · day →
2001-07-12 Burkhart Grob G 103 Twin II · CFIT · VMC · day →
1997-10-12 Schweizer FGS-233 · Other · day →
1994-08-14 Schleicher ASW-20 · Weather · VMC · day →
1994-06-30 Beech 19 · Other · VMC · day →
1993-06-26 BURKHART GROB G103 · Other · VMC · day →
1986-08-17 Schleicher ASW-20 · Ground collision · VMC · day →
1986-07-04 Piper PA-25-235 · Other · VMC · day →
1983-07-13 Schweizer 1-36 · 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
David Crisp Lake Odessa MI 10 nm
Mark Schmitt Rockford MI 25 nm
David Henry Johnson Grand Rapids MI 26 nm
Dennis Joseph Doren Sparta MI 31 nm
Edmond William Verville Battle Creek MI 39 nm
Jason Blair Allegan MI 42 nm
Clint Edward White Jackson MI 51 nm
Craig Fortson Howell MI 53 nm
Spencer Norris Ottawa Lake MI 56 nm
Todd Daniel Haifley Three Rivers MI 65 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
Douglas Carl Sousa Ionia MI 2 nm
Steven Lee Van Beveren Ionia MI 2 nm
Bradley Louis Chartrand Ionia MI 2 nm
Tanner Lynn Bowen Ionia MI 2 nm
Chase Nobis Lyons MI 6 nm
Philip Lee Brooke Saranac MI 7 nm
Robert James Krieger Saranac MI 7 nm
Jonathan Dean Lakin Saranac MI 7 nm
Aleks Wayne Sanford Saranac MI 7 nm
Paul Arthur Kimball Portland MI 8 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
Steven Lee Van Beveren Ionia MI 2 nm
Nik Nagy Ionia MI 2 nm
Kevin Ray Jones Ionia MI 2 nm
Brian David Aucompaugh Ionia MI 2 nm
Donald W Blight Ionia MI 2 nm
Kenneth Joseph Porta Ionia MI 2 nm
Cara Alice Kelly Ionia MI 2 nm
Salib Ishak Ishak Ionia MI 2 nm
Christopher Michael Spearling Lyons MI 6 nm
Ryan Lynn Huhn Lyons MI 6 nm

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

Repair stations nearby

By airport location.

Shop Distance
Mayday Avionics, Inc.
Grand Rapids, MI
 21 nm
Tulip City Air Repair
Holland, MI
 48 nm
Preferred Avionics
Howell, MI
 51 nm
Unique Avionics, LLC
Waterford, MI
 74 nm
Unique One Aircraft Interiors
Waterford Twp, MI
 74 nm
Top Flight Avionics
Belleville, MI
 80 nm
Cornerstone Aircraft Maintenance
Houghton Lake, MI
 87 nm
PAW Aviation
LaPorte, IN
 111 nm
Evans Avionics, LLC
Traverse City, MI
 111 nm
Great Lakes Aviation Services
Kimball, MI
 112 nm

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