Gross Airport
52I · Pinconning, Michigan · Bay County · map
Gross Airport is a public-use airport owned by Carl A Gross, INC, 3 miles west of Pinconning, Michigan, 618 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 3,300 feet of grass. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 52I
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Carl A Gross, INC
- Elevation
- 618 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1999
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 3,300 × 90 ft | Grass, good | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: threshold displaced 765 ft, trees 60 ft high 588 ft from the end
- Runway 27: threshold displaced 442 ft, tree 45 ft high 10 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | · Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - the common traffic frequency. |
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Aircraft registered in Pinconning from the FAA register
11 aircraft are registered to owners in Pinconning, Michigan: 11 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 · 2 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
- Provided thresholds displaced and clearly marked to provide mnm 20:1 clnc ovr obstructions.
- Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - the common traffic frequency.
- Asst amgr michael hartman.
- Fuel available for local club pilots or emergency use only.
- Runway and dthr marked with 3 feet yellow cones.
- Runway and dthr marked with 3 feet yellow cones.
- Approach ratio 20:1 to dthr.
- Approach ratio 10:1 to dthr ovr +45 feet tree, 477 feet dist, 118 feet R.
- Buildings in pri surface east end, 70 feet north and 93 feet south of centerline; 15-45 feet trees, 95 feet south of centerline west end.
- -6 feet ditch, 5 feet west of runway end 09.
- Ultralights use 500 feet pattern altitude.
- Deer and large birds 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.