Paul C Miller/Sparta Airport
8D4 · Sparta, Michigan · Kent County · map
Paul C Miller/Sparta Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Sparta, 2 miles southeast of Sparta, Michigan, 775 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 4,033 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive, car gas (mogas)).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 8D4
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Sparta
- Elevation
- 775 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive, car gas (mogas)
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1944
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 4,033 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 07: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 27 ft high 471 ft from the end
- Runway 25: PAPI, four lights on the right, tree 34 ft high 716 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.6 | |
| 8D4 AWOS-3PT | 126.650 | |
| Grand Rapids Center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.4 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 616-887-6314.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Sparta from the FAA register
11 aircraft are registered to owners in Sparta, Michigan: 6 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 1 helicopter, 1 drone, 1 business jet. 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 · 11 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
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 07 and 25; PAPI runway 07 and 25; medium-intensity runway lights runway 07/25 - the common traffic frequency.
- 100LL and jet a+ available H24 self service via credit card.
- Deer and large birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Admin building aces: 5-3-2-1.
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.