Clare Municipal
48D · Clare, Michigan · Clare County · map
Clare Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Clare, 1 mile northeast of Clare, Michigan, 856 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 3,500 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 48D
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Clare
- Elevation
- 856 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1941
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 3,500 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 09/27 | 2,499 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 22: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 126.45 | |
| Freeland and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.7 |
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Clare from the FAA register
17 aircraft are registered to owners in Clare, Michigan: 10 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 2 drones, 1 piston twin, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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 · 5 since 1982, 1 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 runway end identifier lights runway 04 and 22; PAPI runway 04 and 22; medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 and 09/27 - the common traffic frequency.
- Fuel available H24 self service via credit card.
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- Deer and large birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Admin building aces: press V, then iii and II simul, then I.
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.