Oscoda County/Dennis Kauffman Memorial
51M · Mio, Michigan · Oscoda County · map
Oscoda County/Dennis Kauffman Memorial is a public-use airport owned by Oscoda County, 2 miles north of Mio, Michigan, 1,033 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 3,001 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 51M
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Oscoda County
- Elevation
- 1,033 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Lake Huron sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1989
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 3,001 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 40 ft high 952 ft from the end
- Runway 28: PAPI, four lights on the left, brush 10 ft high 308 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Mio from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Mio, Michigan: 1 piston single. 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
- Determination pending.
- Shelter aces: press V, then iii and II simul, then I.
- Activate PAPI runway 10 and 28; medium-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 - the common traffic frequency.
- PAPI unusable beyond 6 degreess right of centerline.
- 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.