Wexford County
CAD · KCAD · Cadillac, Michigan · Wexford County · map
Wexford County is a public-use airport owned by Wexford CO Arpt Auth, 2 miles nnw of Cadillac, Michigan, 1,306 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 07/25, is 5,001 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KCAD · observed 4:15 pm EDT (20:15 UTC), 21 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southwest (220°) at 15 knots, gusting to 22
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 66°F (19°C), dew point 46°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 29.91 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 KCAD 062015Z AUTO 22015G22KT 10SM CLR 19/08 A2991 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 CAD · ICAO KCAD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Wexford CO Arpt Auth
- Elevation
- 1,306 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm; May to September, Saturday, 8:00 am to 12:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1942
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 5,001 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 1,986 × 150 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 07: ILS with DME, VASI, four boxes on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF), tree 42 ft high 901 ft from the end
- Runway 25: PAPI, four lights on the left, pole 37 ft high 1,372 ft from the end
- Runway 36: tree 51 ft high 1,153 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Cad and aWOS-3P | 128.325 | |
| Traverse City Center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.9 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 231-779-9536.
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 Cadillac from the FAA register
21 aircraft are registered to owners in Cadillac, Michigan: 18 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 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 · 8 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 malsf runway 07; runway end identifier lights runway 07 and 25; VASI runway 07; PAPI runway 25; high-intensity runway lights runway 07/25 - the common traffic frequency.
- Landing fee for commercial operations waived with mnm fuel purchase.
- Available H24 self service.
- Closed DEC-MAR and when snow covd except for ski equipped aircraft.
- 3 feet yellow cones.
- 3 feet yellow cones.
- Deer and large birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Admin building east door aces 5-3-2-1.
- Glider and ultralight act on and in the vicinity of airport APR-OCT.
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.