Virgil L Williams Plainwell Municipal
61D · Plainwell, Michigan · Allegan County · map
Virgil L Williams Plainwell Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Plainwell, 2 miles north of Plainwell, Michigan, 722 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 2,650 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 61D
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Plainwell
- Elevation
- 722 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1946
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 2,650 × 50 ft | Asphalt, poor | Low-intensity lights |
| 01/19 | 2,550 × 100 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 09: threshold displaced 381 ft, road 17 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 27: threshold displaced 395 ft, trees 55 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 01: threshold displaced 400 ft, road 15 ft high 20 ft from the end
- Runway 19: trees 74 ft high 120 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - 5 clicks the common traffic frequency. |
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Aircraft registered in Plainwell from the FAA register
12 aircraft are registered to owners in Plainwell, Michigan: 8 piston singles, 4 balloons. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Michigan.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 13 since 1982, 2 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
- Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - 5 clicks the common traffic frequency.
- CK for conditions.
- Self service.
- 4 feet fence, 50 feet dist; 17 feet road, 140 feet dist.
- 6 feet fence, 62 feet dist; 15 feet road, 100 feet dist; 55 feet tree, 155 feet dist.
- Runway and dthr marked with yellow cones.
- Runway and dthr marked with yellow cones.
- Approach slp 19:1 to dthr ovr 60 feet tree, 1150 feet dist, 10 feet L.
- Approach slp 6:1 to dthr ovr 35 feet tree, 240 feet dist, 130 feet R.
- Approach slp 14:1 to dthr ovr 60 feet tree, 854 feet dist, 110 feet R.
- Approach slp 7:1 to dthr ovr 13 feet tree, 100 feet dist, 130 feet R.
- Extensive cracking and raveling.
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.