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Bois Blanc Island Airport

6Y1 · Bois Blanc Island, Michigan · Mackinac County · map

Bois Blanc Island Airport is a public-use airport, 3 miles northwest of Bois Blanc Island, Michigan, 664 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 3,498 feet of asphalt.

The airport

Codes
FAA 6Y1
Kind
Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
Elevation
664 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
unattended
Lights
runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
Parking
tiedown
On the chart
Lake Huron sectional
Magnetic variation
6W
In the FAA's files since
April 1970

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

1028N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
10/283,498 × 75 ftAsphalt, goodMedium-intensity lights
  • Runway 28: PAPI, four lights on the left

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF)122.9
Pellston and center (remote transmitter) Low134.6

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Aircraft registered in Bois Blanc Island from the FAA register

No aircraft on the register list Bois Blanc Island, MI as the owner's town.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records

No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

  • Deer, birds, and wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
  • Activate runway end identifier lights runway 28; PAPI runway 28; medium-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 - the common traffic frequency.

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.