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West Michigan Regional

BIV · KBIV · Holland, Michigan · Allegan County · map

West Michigan Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Holland, 2 miles south of Holland, Michigan, 698 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 6,002 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).

Weather right now KBIV · observed 5:53 pm EDT (21:53 UTC), 15 minutes ago

VFR good flying weather

  • Wind from the southwest (220°) at 9 knots
  • Visibility 10 miles or more
  • Temperature 67°F (19°C), dew point 46°F (8°C)
  • Altimeter 29.95 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 KBIV 062153Z AUTO 22009KT 10SM CLR 19/08 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP143 T01940078

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 BIV · ICAO KBIV
Kind
Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
Owner
City of Holland
Elevation
698 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
Monday to Friday, 6:00 am to 10:00 pm; weekends, 7:00 am to 9:00 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
Notes
landing fee
On the chart
Chicago sectional
Magnetic variation
4W
In the FAA's files since
March 1947

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

0826N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
08/266,002 × 100 ftAsphalt, goodHigh-intensity lights
  • Runway 08: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, tree 6 ft high 280 ft from the end
  • Runway 26: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), tree 37 ft high 1,297 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM123.05
Clearance delivery123.95
Approach and departure133.825
Biv and automated weather (ASOS)119.025
Pullman and center (remote transmitter) Low128.5

Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 616-394-0190.

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 Holland from the FAA register

49 aircraft are registered to owners in Holland, Michigan: 29 piston singles, 5 drones, 5 business jets, 3 turboprops, 3 piston twins. 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:

Brook View Dairy LLC 34 One Air LLC 3

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Michigan.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 10 since 1982, 3 fatal

2022-10-12CEN23LA286 · Honda Aircraft CO LLC Ha-420 N704JT · accident · no injuries
2015-01-17CEN15CA105 · Cessna 172K N7061G · accident · no injuries
2014-06-28CEN14CA335 · Cessna 172M N19992 · accident · no injuries
2011-10-06CEN12FA010 · Brinkerhuff Gerald G Q200 N2935R · accident · 1 killed
2010-01-17CEN10FA101 · Cessna 172 N8405E · accident · 2 killed
2007-02-23CHI07CA076 · Cessna 172N N5321D · accident · no injuries
2006-03-07CHI06FA090 · Beech J35 N8271D · accident · 2 killed
2002-12-04CHI03LA035 · Cessna 172N N5321D · accident · no injuries
2001-03-20CHI01LA107 · Cessna 172K N79301 · accident · no injuries
2000-08-16CHI00LA258 · Beech K35 N6099E · accident · no injuries

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 or incr intst approach lights (MALSR) runway 26; runway end identifier lights runway 08; PAPI runway 08 and 26; high-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - the common traffic frequency. High-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 preset low intst.
  • Radio call, "Holland."

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.