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Canton-Plymouth-Mettetal Airport

1D2 · Plymouth, Michigan · Wayne County · map

Canton-Plymouth-Mettetal Airport is a public-use airport owned by the State of Michigan - Mdot, 2 miles south of Plymouth, Michigan, 696 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 2,302 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).

The airport

Codes
FAA 1D2
Kind
Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
Owner
State of Michigan - Mdot
Elevation
696 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 4:00 pm; weekends, on call
Lights
runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
Fuel
100LL avgas
Repairs
airframe: none; engine: none
Parking
hangar, tiedown
On the chart
Detroit sectional
Magnetic variation
5W
In the FAA's files since
March 1942

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

1836N1,000 ft

Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
18/362,302 × 75 ftAsphalt, excellentMedium-intensity lights
  • Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 15 ft high 291 ft from the end
  • Runway 36: PAPI, four lights on the right, tree 31 ft high 769 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM122.7
Approach and departure118.95

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Aircraft registered in Plymouth from the FAA register

36 aircraft are registered to owners in Plymouth, Michigan: 25 piston singles, 3 helicopters, 3 business jets, 2 piston twins, 2 balloons. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.

Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:

Ford Eagles INC 2

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Michigan.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 15 since 1982, 0 fatal

2011-08-29CEN11CA604 · Cessna 172M N172LD · accident · no injuries
2010-06-13CEN10CA317 · Bell 47G N47WK · accident · no injuries
2004-07-31CHI04CA210 · Piper Pa-28Rt-201T N77782 · accident · minor injuries
2002-10-20CHI03LA011 · Piper Pa-32-300 N56655 · accident · no injuries
2001-08-18CHI01LA285 · Waters Avid Bandit N62PT · accident · serious injuries
2000-06-26CHI00LA172 · Cessna 172N N3416E · accident · no injuries
1997-06-26CHI97FA188 · Cessna 172N N7031Q · accident · serious injuries
1995-12-16CHI96LA054 · Bitonti Wittman Wt-8 N88TK · accident · minor injuries
1995-06-05CHI95LA171 · Piper Pa-23-250 N40540 · accident · no injuries
1993-02-25CHI93LA095 · Cessna 150M N9297U · accident · no injuries
1992-08-10CHI92LA239 · Cessna 182Btw N2387G · accident · no injuries
1990-12-26CHI91LA051 · Cessna 152 N67401 · accident · no injuries

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

  • Estabd bfr 1959.
  • Activate PAPI runway 18 and 36; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
  • Available H24 self service.
  • Deer and large birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
  • Tgl prohibited due to runway length.

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.