Wilderness Airpark
24M · Kent City, Michigan · Kent County · map
Wilderness Airpark is a public-use airport owned by Wilderness Airpark Association, 3 miles northeast of Kent City, Michigan, 785 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 2,543 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 24M
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Wilderness Airpark Association
- Elevation
- 785 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1993
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 2,543 × 100 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 09: threshold displaced 537 ft, trees on the approach
- Runway 27: threshold displaced 335 ft, road 15 ft high 30 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Kent City from the FAA register
8 aircraft are registered to owners in Kent City, Michigan: 7 piston singles, 1 drone. 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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided area 125 feet either side of runway centerline and 200 feet off runway ends clear of obstruction; obstruction in runway approach slp surface removed/lwrd or threshold displaced and marked to provide 20:1 approach slp; relct each threshold 240 feet.
- Runway and dthr marked with 3 feet yellow cones.
- Runway and dthr marked with 3 feet yellow cones.
- Ctlg obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp. Approach ratio 20:1 to dthr.
- Approach ratio 16:1 to dthr ovr +66 feet tree, 1081 feet dist, 40 feet L.
- Deer, birds, and wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Airport closed DEC-APR when SN covd except for ski equipped aircraft. No SN removal.
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.