Ann Arbor Municipal
ARB · KARB · Ann Arbor, Michigan · Washtenaw County · map
Ann Arbor Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Ann Arbor, 3 miles south of Ann Arbor, Michigan, 839 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 06/24, is 3,505 feet of concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KARB · observed 2:53 pm EDT (18:53 UTC), 62 minutes ago
- Wind calm
- Altimeter 30.07 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KARB 061853Z A3007 RMK AO2 SLPNO
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA ARB · ICAO KARB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Ann Arbor
- Elevation
- 839 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Attended
- April to October, every day, 8:00 am to 8:00 pm; November to March, every day, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 3,505 × 75 ft | Concrete, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 12/30 | 2,750 × 110 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 06: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 24: VASI, two boxes on the left, tree 74 ft high 1,090 ft from the end
- Runway 30: tree 83 ft high 1,241 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 120.3 | Ann Arbor |
| UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 134.55 | Ann Arbor |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 121.6 | Ann Arbor |
| Approach and departure · Departure procedure (METRO) Westbound | 118.95 | Ann Arbor |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Ann Arbor |
| Departure procedure (METRO) Eastbound | 134.3 | Ann Arbor |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 734-668-7173.
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 Ann Arbor from the FAA register
164 aircraft are registered to owners in Ann Arbor, Michigan: 87 piston singles, 47 balloons, 11 piston twins, 6 gliders, 5 helicopters. 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 · 18 since 1982, 2 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
- Deer and large birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- When the control tower closed activate runway end identifier lights runway 06; PAPI runway 06; VASI runway 24; medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 - the common traffic frequency.
- Terminal open 0700-DUSK.
- 3 feet yellow cones.
- When the control tower closed confirm snow removal operations and winter conditions - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 24 runup area first 200 feet of taxiway a; taxiway A1 between taxiway a and runway 24 hold line not vsb from tower.
- No snow removal for runway 12/30.
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.