Roscommon Conservation Airport
3RC · Roscommon, Michigan · Roscommon County · map
Roscommon Conservation Airport is a public-use airport owned by Mi Dept of Natural Resources, 2 miles southeast of Roscommon, Michigan, 1,157 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 10/28, is 3,552 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 3RC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Mi Dept of Natural Resources
- Elevation
- 1,157 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Lake Huron sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1942
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 3,552 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Low-intensity lights |
| 01/19 | 2,500 × 100 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 10: threshold displaced 150 ft, road 15 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 28: tree 33 ft high 522 ft from the end
- Runway 01: threshold displaced 770 ft, trees 61 ft high 400 ft from the end
- Runway 19: threshold displaced 100 ft, brush on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | · Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 - the common traffic frequency. |
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Aircraft registered in Roscommon from the FAA register
36 aircraft are registered to owners in Roscommon, Michigan: 21 piston singles, 14 drones, 1 piston twin. 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 · 1 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
- Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 - the common traffic frequency.
- Extn 2722053.
- Closed NOV-APR and when snow covd.
- 15 feet road, 145 feet dist; 25 feet trees, 178 feet dist; 4 feet fence, 85 feet dist.
- 3 feet yellow cones.
- 3 feet yellow cones.
- Runway 01 +10FT tree, dist 89FT, 25FT L, approach slope 8:1 displaced thld.
- Controlling obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slope. Runway 10 +20FT tree, dist 286FT, 105FT L, approach slope 14:1 displaced thld.
- Controlling obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slope. Runway 19 +30FT tree, dist 0FT, 123FT R, approach slope 0:1 displaced thld.
- Surface rough with patches of gravel.
- Deer, birds and 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.