Houghton Lake State Airport
5Y2 · Houghton Lake Heights, Michigan · Roscommon County · map
Houghton Lake State Airport is a public-use airport owned by the State of Michigan, 1 mile west of Houghton Lake Heights, Michigan, 1,165 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 2,750 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5Y2
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- State of Michigan
- Elevation
- 1,165 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Lake Huron sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 2,750 × 104 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 16: threshold displaced 550 ft, trees on the approach
- Runway 34: threshold displaced 900 ft, trees 26 ft high 40 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Houghton Lake Heights from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Houghton Lake Heights, MI as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 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
- NON-COMPLIANCE far 157.
- Pilots must sup ropes.
- 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. Runway 16 +50FT trees, dist 200FT, 137FT L, approach slope 4:1 displaced thld.
- Runway 34 +50FT tree, dist 0FT, 123FT L, approach slope 0:1 displaced thld.
- 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.