Brighton Airport
45G · Brighton, Michigan · Livingston County · map
Brighton Airport is a public-use airport owned by Brighton Arpt Association, 2 miles north of Brighton, Michigan, 973 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 04/22, is 3,105 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 45G
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Brighton Arpt Association
- Elevation
- 973 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1947
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 3,105 × 24 ft | Asphalt, fair | Non-standard lights |
- Runway 04: threshold displaced 195 ft, trees 30 ft high 250 ft from the end
- Runway 22: threshold displaced 365 ft, trees 20 ft high 220 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Brighton from the FAA register
98 aircraft are registered to owners in Brighton, Michigan: 79 piston singles, 10 gliders, 4 helicopters, 2 piston twins, 2 business jets. 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 · 9 since 1982, 2 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
- Estabd bfr 1959.
- Activate rotating beacon - 6 clicks the common traffic frequency.
- Deer, birds, and wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate non-standard medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 - 6 clicks the common traffic frequency.
- Non-standard medium-intensity runway lights due to lctn 50 feet from runway edge and threshold confign.
- Pvt road, 100 feet dist; +9 feet pub road, 150 feet dist.
- Non-standard basic due to centerline size and spacing.
- Non-standard basic due to centerline size and spacing.
- +30 feet tree, 250 feet dist, 60 feet R.
- +20 feet tree, 220 feet dist, 0 feet B.
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.