Mecosta Morton Airport
27C · Mecosta, Michigan · Mecosta County · map
Mecosta Morton Airport is a public-use airport owned by Mecosta Village/Morton Twp, 2 miles west of Mecosta, Michigan, 1,022 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 2,027 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 27C
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Mecosta Village/Morton Twp
- Elevation
- 1,022 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1950
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 2,027 × 100 ft | Grass, fair | |
| 03/21 | 2,010 × 100 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 09: threshold displaced 546 ft, road 15 ft high 38 ft from the end
- Runway 27: trees on the approach
- Runway 03: threshold displaced 750 ft, road 17 ft high 100 ft from the end
- Runway 21: threshold displaced 810 ft, trees 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 · 4 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
- Provided VFR weather conditions; runway 03 threshold displaced to provide 20:1 to clr TV tower and power line southwest of airport; runway 09 threshold displaced to provide 20:1 to clr road west of airport; trees near runway 03/21 int be clrd; trees south of the east end of runway 09/27 be clrd to provide a 7:1 bgng from the south edge of pri surface.
- No snow removal. Closed DEC-MAR and when snow covered except for ski equipped afct.
- Runway and dthr marked with 18 in yellow cones.
- Runway and dthr marked with 18 in yellow cones.
- Runway and dthr marked with 18 in yellow cones.
- Runway marked with 18 in yellow cones.
- Approach ratio 18:1 at dthr ovr 98 feet trees, 1818 feet dist, 0 feet B.
- Approach ratio 13:1 at dthr ovr 62 feet tree, 860 feet dist, 130 feet R.
- Approach ratio 11:1 at dthr ovr 55 feet tree, 639 feet dist, 125 feet L.
- Runway 27 +23FT tree, dist 0FT, 110FT L.
- Also fence +4 feet, 11 dist, 125L/R.
- Drone (UAS) operates on runway 09/27 east of runway 03/21 int.
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.