Boulder Canyon Airport
56C · Belding, Michigan · Ionia County · map
Boulder Canyon Airport is a public-use airport, 2 miles southwest of Belding, Michigan, 823 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 2,200 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 56C
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 823 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- June 2013
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 2,200 × 100 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 07: threshold displaced 900 ft, trees 54 ft high 31 ft from the end
- Runway 25: threshold displaced 600 ft, trees 49 ft high 34 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Belding from the FAA register
8 aircraft are registered to owners in Belding, Michigan: 8 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Michigan.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 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
- VFR only.
- Ropes not provided.
- Runway and dthr marked with 3 feet yellow cones.
- Runway and dthr marked with 3 feet yellow cones.
- Ctlg obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp. Approach slp 0:1 to dthr ovr +32 feet trees, 0 feet dist, 89 feet R.
- Ctlg obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp. Approach slp 0:1 to dthr ovr +12 feet trees, 0 feet dist, 107 feet R.
- Runway 07/25 20-60 feet trees in pri surface, 80-110 feet from centerline, both sides.
- Airport closed NOV-APR and when SN covd.
- 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.