WM 'Tiny' Zehnder Field
66G · Frankenmuth, Michigan · Saginaw County · map
WM 'Tiny' Zehnder Field is a public-use airport owned by Frankenmuth Airport, INC, 2 miles southeast of Frankenmuth, Michigan, 639 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 2,500 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 66G
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Frankenmuth Airport, INC
- Elevation
- 639 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1969
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 2,500 × 100 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 09: threshold displaced 394 ft, road on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Frankenmuth from the FAA register
12 aircraft are registered to owners in Frankenmuth, Michigan: 10 piston singles, 1 piston twin, 1 drone. 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 · 8 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
- Runway and dthr marked with 3 feet yellow cones.
- 3 feet yellow cones.
- Approach ratio 10:1 to dthr ovr +67 feet tree, 670 feet dist, 105 feet R.
- Soft in spring and aft hvy rain.
- Runway 09 -7 feet ditch, 60 feet from threshold.
- Runway 27 +8 feet seasonal crops, 10 feet from threshold, 100 feet left and right of centerline.
- Deer and large birds 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.