207 public-use fields

Michigan Airport Density Altitude

Michigan has 207 public-use airports, and none of them typically exceed 5,000 ft of density altitude even on a summer afternoon — heat still trims performance, but the climate keeps typical density altitudes low.

Every field, worst typical afternoon first

Field elevation from FAA NASR · worst typical afternoon of each field's hottest month from NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station · standard pressure, dry air
Airport	City	Field elev	Worst typical afternoon DA	Month
Y73 — Stambaugh	Iron River	1,618 ft	3,159 ft	July
M61 — Edward F Johnson	Ishpeming	1,446 ft	2,986 ft	July
KJYM — Hillsdale Municipal	Hillsdale	1,184 ft	2,970 ft	July
KCAD — Wexford County	Cadillac	1,307 ft	2,953 ft	July
Y91 — Home Acres Sky Ranch	Lake City	1,246 ft	2,915 ft	July
80D — Clare County	Harrison	1,142 ft	2,881 ft	July
6Y6 — St Helen	St Helen	1,198 ft	2,863 ft	July
KGLR — Gaylord Regional	Gaylord	1,328 ft	2,860 ft	July
50D — Iron County	Crystal Falls	1,340 ft	2,850 ft	July
5Y2 — Houghton Lake State	Houghton Lake Heights	1,165 ft	2,823 ft	July
KIMT — Ford	Iron Mountain Kingsford	1,182 ft	2,819 ft	July
13C — Lakeview/Griffith Field	Lakeview	969 ft	2,818 ft	July
3RC — Roscommon Conservation	Roscommon	1,157 ft	2,813 ft	July
4Y4 — Lakes Of The North	Gaylord	1,287 ft	2,810 ft	July
KHTL — Roscommon County/Blodgett Meml	Houghton Lake	1,150 ft	2,804 ft	July
KGOV — Grayling Aaf	Grayling	1,158 ft	2,796 ft	July
6G8 — Brooklyn	Brooklyn	981 ft	2,784 ft	July
6Y9 — Prickett-Grooms Field	Sidnaw	1,377 ft	2,783 ft	July
75G — Rossettie	Manchester	1,005 ft	2,782 ft	July
D11 — Ojibwa Airpark	Weidman	959 ft	2,769 ft	July
26W — Wolf Lake	Napoleon	980 ft	2,752 ft	July
KJXN — Jackson County/Reynolds Field	Jackson	1,001 ft	2,746 ft	July
53W — Woodruff Lake	Winn	938 ft	2,744 ft	July
KOZW — Livingston County/Spencer J Hardy	Howell	962 ft	2,742 ft	July
KSAW — Marquette/Sawyer Regional	Marquette	1,205 ft	2,735 ft	July
3NP — Napoleon	Napoleon	963 ft	2,731 ft	July
6H4 — Van Wagnen	Napoleon	988 ft	2,730 ft	July
7N4 — Raymond L Kussmaul Jr Meml	Clinton	825 ft	2,729 ft	July
34G — Merillat	Tecumseh	820 ft	2,723 ft	July
35C — Wells	Rockford	890 ft	2,722 ft	July
KBTL — Battle Creek Exec At Kellogg Field	Battle Creek	952 ft	2,717 ft	July
3TE — Al Meyers	Tecumseh	812 ft	2,713 ft	July
KRMY — Brooks Field	Marshall	941 ft	2,704 ft	July
KPTK — Oakland County International	Pontiac	981 ft	2,703 ft	July
45G — Brighton	Brighton	973 ft	2,700 ft	July
27C — Mecosta Morton	Mecosta	1,022 ft	2,698 ft	July
22T — Tecumseh Mills	Tecumseh	797 ft	2,695 ft	July
9C8 — Evart Municipal	Evart	1,020 ft	2,695 ft	July
51M — Oscoda County/Dennis Kauffman Meml	Mio	1,033 ft	2,686 ft	July
D15 — Lake Isabella/Cal Brewer Meml	Lake Isabella	886 ft	2,680 ft	July
6D6 — Greenville Municipal	Greenville	855 ft	2,679 ft	July
D90 — Mancelona Municipal	Mancelona	1,133 ft	2,678 ft	July
KIRS — Kirsch Municipal	Sturgis	925 ft	2,678 ft	July
KTEW — Mason Jewett Field	Mason	919 ft	2,677 ft	July
65G — Maple Grove	Fowlerville	906 ft	2,674 ft	July
6Y4 — Van Effen Field	Rock	970 ft	2,665 ft	July
KRQB — Roben-Hood	Big Rapids	994 ft	2,664 ft	July
KOEB — Branch County Meml	Coldwater	958 ft	2,657 ft	July
60G — Skyway Estates	Eaton Rapids	931 ft	2,649 ft	July
Y47 — Oakland Southwest	New Hudson	926 ft	2,642 ft	July
56C — Boulder Canyon	Belding	823 ft	2,640 ft	July
KIWD — Gogebic/Iron County	Ironwood	1,230 ft	2,640 ft	July
MI1 — Denton Farms	Clare	851 ft	2,637 ft	July
6Y0 — Moorestown Airpark	Moorestown	1,211 ft	2,636 ft	July
KARB — Ann Arbor Municipal	Ann Arbor	839 ft	2,629 ft	July
KAZO — Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International	Kalamazoo	874 ft	2,628 ft	July
KYIP — Willow Run	Detroit	716 ft	2,627 ft	July
0C5 — Canadian Lakes	Mecosta	960 ft	2,622 ft	July
51C — Orban	Dewitt	882 ft	2,620 ft	July
4Y9 — Eagles Landing	Harrietta	993 ft	2,619 ft	July
43G — Belleville	Belleville	695 ft	2,601 ft	July
KLAN — Capital Region International	Lansing	861 ft	2,594 ft	July
KDUH — Toledo Suburban	Lambertville	671 ft	2,590 ft	July
41G — University Airpark	Bath	856 ft	2,588 ft	July
4N0 — Newmans	Kalamazoo	840 ft	2,587 ft	July
69G — Richmond Field	Gregory	921 ft	2,581 ft	July
4D0 — Abrams Municipal	Grand Ledge	841 ft	2,570 ft	July
KADG — Lenawee County	Adrian	802 ft	2,565 ft	July
5M6 — Sugar Springs Airpark	Gladwin	953 ft	2,551 ft	July
Y89 — Kalkaska City	Kalkaska	1,029 ft	2,551 ft	July
KFPK — Fitch H Beach	Charlotte	891 ft	2,550 ft	July
38C — Cain Field	Stanwood	897 ft	2,545 ft	July
48D — Clare Municipal	Clare	856 ft	2,538 ft	July
D95 — Dupont/Lapeer	Lapeer	835 ft	2,538 ft	July
24M — Wilderness Airpark	Kent City	785 ft	2,532 ft	July
KGRR — Gerald R Ford International	Grand Rapids	794 ft	2,531 ft	July
9G2 — Prices	Linden	919 ft	2,522 ft	July
8D4 — Paul C Miller/Sparta	Sparta	775 ft	2,520 ft	July
KMOP — Mount Pleasant Municipal	Mount Pleasant	755 ft	2,520 ft	July
KHAI — Three Rivers Municipal/Dr Haines	Three Rivers	823 ft	2,517 ft	July
Y87 — William B Bolton	Empire	944 ft	2,516 ft	July
97G — Glowacki	St Johns	775 ft	2,514 ft	July
68R — Hamp	Elwell	825 ft	2,513 ft	July
49G — Wend Valley	Charlotte	859 ft	2,511 ft	July
3F5 — Forest Hill	Westphalia	772 ft	2,510 ft	July
2E2 — Sharpe'S Strip	Emmett	781 ft	2,509 ft	July
3TR — Jerry Tyler Meml	Niles	750 ft	2,490 ft	July
C04 — Oceana County	Hart/Shelby	916 ft	2,481 ft	July
9D9 — Hastings	Hastings	800 ft	2,476 ft	July
3S5 — Schiffer Acres	St Johns	741 ft	2,472 ft	July
55D — Burgess Field	Brown City	827 ft	2,472 ft	July
77G — Marlette Township	Marlette	895 ft	2,468 ft	July
C43 — Hiram Cure	Sunfield	853 ft	2,467 ft	July
42C — White Cloud	White Cloud	914 ft	2,466 ft	July
Y31 — West Branch Community	West Branch	882 ft	2,465 ft	July
KBFA — Boyne Mountain	Boyne Falls	719 ft	2,464 ft	July
2C5 — Almena	Paw Paw	748 ft	2,462 ft	July
Y93 — Atlanta Municipal	Atlanta	880 ft	2,462 ft	July
7D3 — Baldwin Municipal	Baldwin	828 ft	2,461 ft	July
D20 — Yale	Yale	815 ft	2,457 ft	July
D98 — Romeo State	Romeo	738 ft	2,456 ft	July
KFNT — Bishop International	Flint	782 ft	2,454 ft	July
39T — Tripp Creek	St Johns	717 ft	2,443 ft	July
4Y8 — Para Field	Yale	800 ft	2,439 ft	July
KGDW — Gladwin Zettel Meml	Gladwin	774 ft	2,438 ft	July
KVLL — Oakland/Troy	Troy	727 ft	2,437 ft	July
76G — Marine City	Marine City	614 ft	2,429 ft	July
Y95 — Hillman	Hillman	853 ft	2,429 ft	July
KAMN — Gratiot Community	Alma	754 ft	2,426 ft	July
Y70 — Ionia County	Ionia	818 ft	2,424 ft	July
KCMX — Houghton County Meml	Hancock	1,095 ft	2,419 ft	July
H80 — Field Of Dreams	Hale	830 ft	2,414 ft	July
C57 — Millers Landing	Elsie	757 ft	2,411 ft	July
4M4 — Shady Lawn Field	Bannister	683 ft	2,402 ft	July
KTTF — Custer	Monroe	616 ft	2,400 ft	July
1D2 — Canton-Plymouth-Mettetal	Plymouth	696 ft	2,399 ft	July
M99 — Shady Lane	St Johns	680 ft	2,398 ft	July
Z98 — Ottawa Exec	Zeeland	756 ft	2,398 ft	July
C20 — Andrews University Airpark	Berrien Springs	674 ft	2,397 ft	July
N98 — Boyne City Municipal	Boyne City	660 ft	2,392 ft	July
Y88 — Green Lake	Interlochen	866 ft	2,389 ft	July
KRNP — Owosso Community	Owosso	737 ft	2,387 ft	July
KDTW — Detroit Metro Wayne County	Detroit	645 ft	2,386 ft	July
41C — Calkins Field	Wayland	740 ft	2,384 ft	July
3DA — Dalton	Flushing	733 ft	2,382 ft	July
44G — Betz	Blissfield	691 ft	2,380 ft	July
C88 — Tkaczyk Field	Oakley	727 ft	2,375 ft	July
C91 — Dowagiac Municipal	Dowagiac	747 ft	2,374 ft	July
4M0 — Lake Ann Airway Estates	Traverse City	820 ft	2,364 ft	July
61D — Virgil L Williams Plainwell Municipal	Plainwell	722 ft	2,362 ft	July
51G — Alkay	Clio	714 ft	2,359 ft	July
39G — Avoca	Avoca	726 ft	2,349 ft	July
D99 — Robertson Field	Richmond	650 ft	2,349 ft	July
KDET — Coleman A Young Municipal	Detroit	624 ft	2,348 ft	July
KCFS — Tuscola Area	Caro	704 ft	2,347 ft	July
35D — Padgham Field	Allegan	706 ft	2,343 ft	July
W87 — Buzzwick	Carleton	609 ft	2,330 ft	July
KBIV — West Michigan Regional	Holland	698 ft	2,327 ft	July
Y83 — Sandusky City	Sandusky	777 ft	2,324 ft	July
KMBS — Mbs International	Saginaw	668 ft	2,321 ft	July
KBAX — Huron County Meml	Bad Axe	764 ft	2,320 ft	July
24C — Lowell City	Lowell	681 ft	2,319 ft	July
96G — Cowley Field	Sandusky	770 ft	2,315 ft	July
Y94 — East Jordan City	East Jordan	641 ft	2,313 ft	July
7Y2 — Thompsonville	Thompsonville	793 ft	2,306 ft	July
60D — Bauer Field	Reese	660 ft	2,299 ft	July
KFFX — Fremont Municipal	Fremont	772 ft	2,293 ft	July
KACB — Antrim County	Bellaire	623 ft	2,291 ft	July
KHYX — Saginaw County/H W Browne	Saginaw	602 ft	2,290 ft	July
KONZ — Grosse Ile Municipal	Detroit/Grosse Ile	591 ft	2,289 ft	July
57D — Ray Community	Ray	632 ft	2,277 ft	July
40C — Watervliet Municipal	Watervliet	656 ft	2,276 ft	July
KIKW — Jack Barstow	Midland	635 ft	2,275 ft	July
E53 — Engler Field	Bad Axe	725 ft	2,273 ft	July
50G — Howard Nixon Meml	Chesaning	641 ft	2,270 ft	July
KBEH — Southwest Michigan Regional	Benton Harbor	649 ft	2,267 ft	July
KCIU — Chippewa County International	Sault Ste Marie	799 ft	2,257 ft	July
08C — Riverview	Jenison	603 ft	2,254 ft	July
KAPN — Alpena County Regional	Alpena	690 ft	2,243 ft	July
KPHN — St Clair County International	Port Huron	650 ft	2,243 ft	July
KMKG — Muskegon County	Muskegon	628 ft	2,235 ft	July
66G — Wm 'Tiny' Zehnder Field	Frankenmuth	639 ft	2,224 ft	July
KERY — Luce County	Newberry	869 ft	2,224 ft	July
2M7 — Hoffman'S Black Mountain Aerodrome	Cheboygan	677 ft	2,220 ft	July
55G — Arnold Field	Croswell	784 ft	2,220 ft	July
KTVC — Cherry Capital	Traverse City	624 ft	2,212 ft	July
98G — Sebewaing Township	Sebewaing	584 ft	2,200 ft	July
3CM — James Clements Municipal	Bay City	585 ft	2,195 ft	July
KLWA — South Haven Area Regional	South Haven	666 ft	2,182 ft	July
KPZQ — Presque Isle County	Rogers City	670 ft	2,168 ft	July
KOSC — Oscoda/Wurtsmith	Oscoda	633 ft	2,154 ft	July
59M — Torchport	Eastport	640 ft	2,144 ft	July
M86 — Walle Field	Pullman	635 ft	2,144 ft	July
39Z — Flying-A-Ranch	Fruitport	630 ft	2,138 ft	July
73G — Cherry Field	Nunica	629 ft	2,137 ft	July
5N7 — Hat Field	Nunica	625 ft	2,132 ft	July
KOGM — Ontonagon County/Schuster Field	Ontonagon	665 ft	2,131 ft	July
52I — Gross	Pinconning	618 ft	2,130 ft	July
KPLN — Pellston Regional/Emmet County	Pellston	721 ft	2,124 ft	July
6D9 — Iosco County	East Tawas	605 ft	2,120 ft	July
5Y7 — Hanley Field	Munising	984 ft	2,113 ft	July
KMBL — Manistee County/Blacker	Manistee	621 ft	2,108 ft	July
KMNM — Menominee Regional	Menominee	625 ft	2,107 ft	July
3GM — Grand Haven Meml Airpark	Grand Haven	604 ft	2,106 ft	July
KLDM — Mason County	Ludington	647 ft	2,096 ft	July
Y30 — Pbeaaye	Topinabee	690 ft	2,086 ft	July
Y98 — Grand Marais	Grand Marais	838 ft	2,079 ft	August
Y65 — Campbell-Pratt	Indian River	614 ft	2,075 ft	July
5Y1 — Albert J Lindberg	Hessel	760 ft	2,059 ft	July
KANJ — Sault Ste Marie Municipal/Sanderson Field	Sault Ste Marie	716 ft	2,043 ft	July
29C — Grindstone Air Harbor	Port Austin	640 ft	2,031 ft	July
6Y1 — Bois Blanc Island	Bois Blanc Island	664 ft	2,017 ft	July
KMCD — Mackinac Island	Mackinac Island	741 ft	1,992 ft	July
KSLH — Cheboygan County	Cheboygan	640 ft	1,988 ft	July
3L7 — Milwrick Flying M	Lincoln	830 ft	1,987 ft	August
KFKS — Frankfort Dow Meml Field	Frankfort	633 ft	1,979 ft	July
KMGN — Harbor Springs	Harbor Springs	686 ft	1,975 ft	July
6Y5 — Two Hearted Airstrip	Newberry	680 ft	1,955 ft	July
KSJX — Beaver Island	Beaver Island	670 ft	1,943 ft	July
6Y8 — Welke	Beaver Island	664 ft	1,935 ft	July
KCVX — Charlevoix Municipal	Charlevoix	669 ft	1,935 ft	July
6Y3 — North Fox Island	North Fox Island	639 ft	1,905 ft	July
KESC — Delta County	Escanaba	609 ft	1,899 ft	July
KDRM — Drummond Island	Drummond Island	668 ft	1,871 ft	July
83D — Mackinac County	St Ignace	624 ft	1,849 ft	July
5D5 — Woolsey Meml	Northport	628 ft	1,847 ft	July
KISQ — Schoolcraft County	Manistique	684 ft	1,796 ft	August

▲ above 5,000 ft · ⚠ above 8,000 ft on a typical afternoon of the airport's hottest month. Open any field for its monthly table and a pre-filled calculator.

Frequently asked questions

Which Michigan airport has the highest density altitude in summer?

Stambaugh (Y73) tops the list: from 1,618 ft of field elevation, a typical summer afternoon reaches about 3,159 ft of density altitude. Each airport's page carries its full monthly table.

What is the highest airport in Michigan?

Stambaugh (Y73) at 1,618 ft MSL, per the FAA airport record. Elevation is the biggest single term in density altitude — the summer heat gets added on top of it.