Woolsey Memorial
5D5 · Northport, Michigan · Leelanau County · map
Woolsey Memorial is a public-use airport, 3 miles northeast of Northport, Michigan, 628 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 3,663 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5D5
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 628 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 3,663 × 120 ft | Grass, good | Low-intensity lights |
| 16/34 | 2,670 × 150 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 09: threshold displaced 266 ft, road 14 ft high 35 ft from the end
- Runway 27: trees 60 ft high 1,330 ft from the end
- Runway 16: threshold displaced 770 ft, trees on the approach
- Runway 34: threshold displaced 300 ft, road 10 ft high 50 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 Northport from the FAA register
5 aircraft are registered to owners in Northport, Michigan: 5 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 · 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
- Estabd bfr 1959.
- Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway and dthr marked with 3 feet yellow cones.
- Runway and dthr marked with 3 feet yellow cones.
- 3 feet yellow cones.
- Runway and dthr marked with 3 feet yellow cones.
- Approach ratio 20:1 to dthr.
- Approach ratio 20:1 to dthr ovr +48 feet tree, 960 feet dist, 125 feet R.
- Ctlg obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp. Approach ratio 18:1 to dthr ovr 34 feet tree, 620 feet dist; 25:1 ovr 17 feet building, 425 feet dist, L of centerline.
- Upslp from west to east.
- Upslp from north to south.
- Airport closed NOV-MAR and when snow covd except for ski equipped aircraft.
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.