Alpena County Regional
APN · KAPN · Alpena, Michigan · Alpena County · map
Alpena County Regional is a public-use airport owned by the County of Alpena, 6 miles west of Alpena, Michigan, 690 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 01/19, is 9,001 feet of concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA APN · ICAO KAPN
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Alpena
- Elevation
- 690 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with radar approach control · 8:00 am to 4:00 pm weekdays; except holidays (ang).
- Attended
- every day, 5:00 am to 11:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Lake Huron sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 9,001 × 150 ft | Concrete, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 07/25 | 5,028 × 100 ft | Concrete, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), tree 68 ft high 3,190 ft from the end
- Runway 19: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 56 ft high 2,174 ft from the end
- Runway 07: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 46 ft high 1,200 ft from the end
- Runway 25: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 80 ft high 2,866 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 121.35 | Alpena |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Apn and automated weather (ASOS) | 120.675 | Alpena |
| Ground | 121.9 | Alpena |
| Approach and departure | 128.425 | Alpena |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Alpena |
| Alpena and center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.475 | Alpena |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 989-200-3256.
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 Alpena from the FAA register
20 aircraft are registered to owners in Alpena, Michigan: 17 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 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 · 6 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
- Runway 01 and 19 each have 1000 feet ovrn.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 01; runway end identifier lights runway 19, 07, and 25; high-intensity runway lights runway 01/19; medium-intensity runway lights runway 07/25 - the common traffic frequency.
- BAK-14 BAK-12A(B) (1500 feet).
- BAK-14 BAK-12A(B) (1515 feet).
- Trt 560.
- Trt 560.
- Runway 07/25 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- Birds and otr wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Military: ang: duty hours 8:00 am to 4:00 pm MON-FRI except holidays.
- Taxiway a west of taxiway C and taxiway B rstrd to military only. Be alert for uncontrolled vehicles on the taxiway.
- Taxiway H east of runway 01/19 unlighted.
- Military: ang: joap ser unavailable.
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.