Ray Community Airport
57D · Ray, Michigan · Macomb County · map
Ray Community Airport is a public-use airport owned by Macomb Airways, INC, 2 miles southeast of Ray, Michigan, 632 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 10/28, is 2,495 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Ray Community Airport?
Its FAA code is 57D.
Where is Ray Community Airport?
It is 2 miles southeast of Ray, Michigan, 632 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Ray Community Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 10/28, is 2,495 feet long.
Does Ray Community Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Ray Community Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Are there flight schools at Ray Community Airport?
4 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including 57D Flyers LLC and Iron Wing Flying Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Ray Community Airport?
9 pilot examiners and 19 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Ray Community Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 57D
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Macomb Airways, INC
- Elevation
- 632 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 2,495 × 60 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 01/19 | 2,202 × 123 ft | Asphalt and grass, fair |
- Runway 10: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 28: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 210 ft, tree 43 ft high 757 ft from the end
- Runway 01: tree 27 ft high 439 ft from the end
- Runway 19: threshold displaced 140 ft
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 119.6 | |
| Algonac and center (remote transmitter) High | 126.525 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Romeo State Airport (5 nm northwest), Oakland/Troy Airport (17 nm southwest), St. Clair County International (19 nm northeast), Coleman A Young Municipal (20 nm south).
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
- Estabd bfr 1959.
- Activate abandoned - the common traffic frequency.
- Deer and large birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate PAPI runway 10 and 28; medium-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 - the common traffic frequency.
- Available H24 self service via credit card machine in terminal building.
- Road, 65 feet dist.
- 3 feet yellow cones.
- 3 feet yellow cones.
- +8 feet seasonal crops, 226 feet dist.
- Approach ratio 20:1 to dthr.
- Approach ratio 20:1 to dthr.
- Ultralight operations.
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 Ray from the FAA register
9 aircraft are registered to owners in Ray, Michigan: 7 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin. 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, 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:
- 57D Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Shelby Township, 9 miles away Michigan Flyers is a non-profit flying club based at Ann Arbor Airport in Michigan, formed in 1969.
- Iron Wing Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Shelby Township, 10 miles away
- Waco Aero Club LLC 1 aircraft · Clinton Township, 10 miles away
- Saint Clair Flight Academy INC 1 aircraft · Richmond, 12 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
9 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 8 for private pilot, 9 for commercial and instrument, 3 for airline transport pilot, 6 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 8 for airplanes, 3 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 19 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 4 engineering representatives, 1 training center evaluator, 17 aircrew program designees, 1 training center examiner.
- Gerald Leigh Stanley private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Oakland - Troy Airport · Troy, MI (17 nm) · (248) 613-9713 · [email protected]
- Daniel Stephen Unger private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Saint Clair County Airport · Smiths Creek, MI (19 nm) · (586) 675-6030 · [email protected]
- Edmond William Verville private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · ATP Flight Training Center · Yipsilanti, MI (41 nm) · (269) 207-5864 · [email protected]
- Mark Richard Handren commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; multi-engine airplanes · Ypsilanti, MI (41 nm) · (423) 312-4916 · [email protected]
- Marci Haengel private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Van Buren Township, MI (43 nm) · (734) 262-9292 · [email protected]
- Sara Diane Bey private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · East Michigan FSDO-GL-23/ EMI FSDO · Van Buren Charter Township, MI (43 nm) · (586) 201-9018 · [email protected]
- Amanda Kirsten Roggow private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Ann Arbor Municipal Airport · Ann Arbor, MI (49 nm) · (847) 400-4630 · [email protected]
- Clint Edward White private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Solo Aviation - ARB · Ann Arbor, MI (49 nm) · (404) 964-4121 · [email protected]
All 56 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
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 · 12 since 1982, 2 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 Ray 9 aircraft · 7 piston singles, 1 turboprops, 1 piston twins
- 57D Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Iron Wing Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Waco Aero Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 12 since 1982 · 2 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 221 landing places
- Michigan 7,221 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/57D.json.
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 26, 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.