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Calkins Field

41C · Wayland, Michigan · Allegan County · map

Calkins Field is a public-use airport owned by Wayland Area Pilots Assn, 1 mile north of Wayland, Michigan, 754 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 1,800 feet of grass.

The airport

Codes
FAA 41C
Kind
Airport · open to the public · privately owned
Owner
Wayland Area Pilots Assn
Elevation
754 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
unattended
Parking
hangar
On the chart
Chicago sectional
Magnetic variation
4W
In the FAA's files since
July 1948

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

0927N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
09/271,800 × 100 ftGrass, fair
  • Runway 09: threshold displaced 260 ft, trees 69 ft high 1,120 ft from the end
  • Runway 27: trees 47 ft high 424 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF)122.9

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Aircraft registered in Wayland from the FAA register

11 aircraft are registered to owners in Wayland, Michigan: 6 balloons, 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.

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Michigan.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 0 fatal

1998-05-12CHI98LA146 · Dangremond Challenger II N199DD · accident · no injuries
1986-11-19CHI87DEM04 · Devries Sonerai II N28KD · accident · serious injuries
1983-09-17CHI83LU013 · Kruer Pterodactyl UNREG · accident · serious injuries

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

  • Runway and dthr marked with 3 feet yellow cones.
  • 3 feet yellow cones.
  • Rough and uneven; soft when wet.

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.