Prickett-Grooms Field
6Y9 · Sidnaw, Michigan · Houghton County · map
Prickett-Grooms Field is a public-use airport in Sidnaw, Michigan, 1,377 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 2,600 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 6Y9
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,377 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 2,600 × 100 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 10: threshold displaced 400 ft, pole 30 ft high 300 ft from the end
- Runway 28: threshold displaced 1,000 ft, trees 23 ft high 113 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Sidnaw from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Sidnaw, MI as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 1 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
- Southern Houghton county airport and heritage association.
- 3 feet yellow cones.
- 3 feet yellow cones.
- Approach slp 14:1 to dthr ovr 82 feet trees, 1174 feet dist, 30 feet L.
- Approach slp 11:1 to dthr ovr 68 feet trees, 750 feet dist, 20 feet R.
- Airport closed NOV-MAY 15 and when snow covd except for ski equipped aircraft - runway not plowed.
- Pilot shelter aces: 1-2-0-0.
- Deer, birds, and wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Airport is near mtr VR 1639 and IR 609 and underlies big bear moa. Low level, high speed military aircraft operates in vicinity.
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.