Hamp Airport
68R · Elwell, Michigan · Gratiot County · map
Hamp Airport is a public-use airport, 3 miles west of Elwell, Michigan, 825 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 2,580 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 68R
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 825 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1990
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 2,580 × 100 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 09: threshold displaced 1,180 ft, pole 30 ft high 4 ft from the end
- Runway 27: trees 55 ft high 3 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Elwell from the FAA register
4 aircraft are registered to owners in Elwell, Michigan: 3 drones, 1 piston single. 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 · 1 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
- Provided obstruction in runway approach slp surface be removed/lwrd or threshold displaced, marked, and lighted for night operations to provide mnm 20:1 approach surface clnc ovr obstructions; area 125 feet either side of rcl and extdg to a point 300 feet beyond runway ends clear of obstruction.
- Trees and brush in pri surface both sides of runway.
- Runway and dthr marked with 3 feet yellow cones.
- 3 feet yellow cones.
- Approach ratio 18:1 to dthr ovr +102 feet trees, 1900 feet dist, 125 feet L/R.
- Approach ratio 20:1 to dthr based on straight out.
- Rolling trrn, surface uneven, and intmt patches of misg grass.
- 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.