Huron County Memorial
BAX · KBAX · Bad Axe, Michigan · Huron County · map
Huron County Memorial is a public-use airport owned by the County of Huron, 1 mile south of Bad Axe, Michigan, 764 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 5,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 20 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 8,442 takeoffs and landings a year. About 4 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KBAX · observed 7:15 pm EDT (23:15 UTC), 15 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (180°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 59°F (15°C), dew point 46°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 29.92 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 KBAX 062315Z AUTO 18008KT 10SM CLR 15/08 A2992 RMK AO2
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 BAX · ICAO KBAX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Huron
- Elevation
- 764 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1949
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 5,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 3,495 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 56 ft high 1,349 ft from the end
- Runway 35: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 04: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 300 ft, rr 21 ft high 266 ft from the end
- Runway 22: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 51 ft high 716 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.075 | |
| Bax and aWOS-3P | 118.6 | |
| Freeland and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.7 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 989-269-4137.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 8,442, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
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 Bad Axe from the FAA register
16 aircraft are registered to owners in Bad Axe, Michigan: 9 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 2 drones, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 helicopter. 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 · 2 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
- Deer and large birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Medium-intensity runway lights runways 04/22 and 17/35 oper DUSK-2130; to incr intst and aft 2130 activate - the common traffic frequency. Activate PAPI runways 4, 17, 22, and 35 and runway end identifier lights runways 17 and 35 - the common traffic frequency.
- Airport unatndd weekends and major holidays.
- Approach slp 20:1 to dthr.
- Admin building aces: press V, then iii and II simul, then I.
- Turbo prop and jet landing fee waived with fuel purchase.
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.