St. Helen Airport
6Y6 · St Helen, Michigan · Roscommon County · map
St. Helen Airport is a public-use airport in St Helen, Michigan, 1,198 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 12/30, is 2,600 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 6Y6
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 1,198 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Lake Huron sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 2,600 × 120 ft | Grass, good | |
| 18/36 | 2,600 × 110 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 12: threshold displaced 812 ft, trees 34 ft high 116 ft from the end
- Runway 30: threshold displaced 988 ft, fence on the approach
- Runway 18: threshold displaced 810 ft, trees on the approach
- Runway 36: threshold displaced 400 ft, road 18 ft high 40 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in St Helen from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list St Helen, MI as the owner's town.
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
- Airport closed DEC-MAR and when snow covd.
- Runway and dthr marked with 3 feet yellow cones.
- Runway and dthr marked with 3 feet yellow cones.
- Runway and dthr marked with 3 feet yellow cones.
- Runway and dthr marked with 3 feet yellow cones.
- Approach slp 9:1 to dthr ovr +23 feet trees, 210 feet dist, 125 feet L.
- Ctlg obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp. Approach slp 4:1 to dthr ovr +35 feet trees, 160 feet dist, 125 feet R.
- Approach slp 0:1 to dthr ovr +23 feet trees, 0 feet dist, 117 feet R.
- Approach slp 0:1 to dthr ovr +16 feet trees, 0 feet dist, 115 feet L.
- Hngrs located 135 feet west of runway 18/36 centerline.
- 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.