South Fox Island Airport
3MI2 · Northport, Michigan · Leelanau County · map
South Fox Island Airport is a private airport owned by Mirada Ranch INC, 18 miles northwest of Northport, Michigan, 616 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 5,500 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 3MI2
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Mirada Ranch INC
- Elevation
- 616 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1992
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 5,500 × 90 ft | Asphalt | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: pulsating on the left
- Runway 36: pulsating on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Charlevoix Municipal (24 nm east), Antrim County (36 nm southeast), Schoolcraft County (37 nm north), Harbor Springs Airport (39 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Beaver Island Airport (21 nm northeast), Charlevoix Municipal (24 nm east), Antrim County (36 nm southeast), Boyne City Municipal (37 nm east).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Michigan · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided any obstruction in runway approach slp surface be removed/lwrd or runway threshold displaced and marked to provide a mnm 20:1 approach clnc ovr obstruction; area 125 feet either side of runway centerline and 200 feet off runway end be clear of any obstructions.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Northport from the FAA register
5 aircraft are registered to owners in Northport, Michigan: 5 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.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Michigan.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Northport 5 aircraft · 5 piston singles
- Driftwood Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Accidents and incidents in Michigan 2,103 since 1982 · 226 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Michigan 220 landing places
- Michigan 7,224 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/3MI2.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.