Wend Valley Airport
49G · Charlotte, Michigan · Eaton County · map
Wend Valley Airport is a public-use airport, 3 miles wnw of Charlotte, Michigan, 859 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 1,800 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 49G
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 859 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1972
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 1,800 × 100 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 18: threshold displaced 600 ft, brush on the approach
- Runway 36: crops 8 ft high 58 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Charlotte from the FAA register
26 aircraft are registered to owners in Charlotte, Michigan: 21 piston singles, 2 drones, 1 helicopter, 1 glider, 1 balloon. 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 · 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
- Runway and dthr marked with 3 feet yellow cones.
- 3 feet yellow cones.
- Ctlg obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp. Approach slp 17:1 to dthr ovr +93 feet trees, 1588 feet dist, 0 feet B.
- Airport closed DEC-MAR and when SN covd.
- Deer, birds, and wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Seasonal crops located on both sides of runway 18/36.
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.