Wells Airport
35C · Rockford, Michigan · Kent County · map
Wells Airport is a public-use airport, 2 miles ene of Rockford, Michigan, 890 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 2,200 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 35C
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 890 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- May to November, every day, daylight hours
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1965
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,200 × 100 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 18: threshold displaced 200 ft, tree on the approach
- Runway 36: threshold displaced 400 ft, tree on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Rockford from the FAA register
41 aircraft are registered to owners in Rockford, Michigan: 32 piston singles, 3 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 2 piston twins, 2 drones, 1 turboprop. 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:
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
- Airport closed DEC-APR.
- Resides on airport premises.
- 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.
- Ctlg obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp.
- Runway soft when wet.
- Birds, deer, and otr wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.