Canadian Lakes Airport
0C5 · Mecosta, Michigan · Mecosta County · map
Canadian Lakes Airport is a public-use airport owned by Canadian Lakes Property Owners CORP, 5 miles southwest of Mecosta, Michigan, 960 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,800 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 0C5
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Canadian Lakes Property Owners CORP
- Elevation
- 960 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 3,800 × 100 ft | Grass, poor | Non-standard lights |
- Runway 18: threshold displaced 955 ft, road on the approach
- Runway 36: threshold displaced 385 ft, road on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Mecosta from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Mecosta, Michigan: 2 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Michigan.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Runway lights sunset to sunrise APR-NOV.
- TIE-DOWN ropes not supplied.
- Non-standard low-intensity runway lights, fixtures not FAA compliant.
- Runway and dthr marked with 3 feet yellow cones.
- Runway and dthr marked with 3 feet yellow cones.
- Runway 18 +50FT trees, dist 168FT, 130FT R, approach slope 3:1 displaced thld.
- Runway 36 +15FT road, dist 0FT, 90FT R, approach slope 0:1 displaced thld.
- Runway surface very rough and unevn.
- Deer, birds and wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- +3 feet fence entr length runway 18/36, 114 feet west.
- Departures fly runway hdg to 1500 feet above sea level for noise abatement.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.