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).
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What is the airport code for Gross Airport?
Its FAA code is 52I.
Where is Gross Airport?
It is 3 miles west of Pinconning, Michigan, 618 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Gross Airport?
Its one runway, 09/27, is 3,300 feet long, grass.
Does Gross Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Gross Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Are there flight schools at Gross Airport?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: West Bay Flyers LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Gross Airport?
3 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- 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. |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Jack Barstow Airport (15 nm southwest), Mbs International (19 nm south), Gladwin Zettel Memorial (21 nm west), West Branch Community Airport (25 nm north).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Michigan · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Pinconning from the FAA register
12 aircraft are registered to owners in Pinconning, Michigan: 12 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.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Michigan.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- West Bay Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Standish, 9 miles away
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 3 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing).
All 5 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Pinconning 12 aircraft · 12 piston singles
- Bay Flying Services LLC 2 aircraft in town
- West Bay Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Michigan 2,103 since 1982 · 226 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Michigan 220 landing places
- Michigan 7,225 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/52I.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 29, 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.