Tuscola Area Airport
CFS · KCFS · Caro, Michigan · Tuscola County · map
Tuscola Area Airport is a public-use airport owned by Tuscola Area Airport Authority, 3 miles southwest of Caro, Michigan, 704 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 06/24, is 4,302 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KCFS · observed 3:35 pm EDT (19:35 UTC), 19 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (210°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 11,000 feet
- Temperature 66°F (19°C), dew point 45°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 30.01 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 KCFS 061935Z AUTO 21008KT 10SM FEW110 19/07 A3001 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 CFS · ICAO KCFS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Tuscola Area Airport Authority
- Elevation
- 704 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- 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
- 8W
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1944
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 4,302 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 2,277 × 110 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 06: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 60 ft high 1,215 ft from the end
- Runway 24: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 48 ft high 793 ft from the end
- Runway 13: brush on the approach
- Runway 31: threshold displaced 564 ft, tree 78 ft high 1,054 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Approach and departure | 120.95 | |
| Cfs and aWOS-3P | 119.275 | |
| Freeland and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.7 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 989-672-4182.
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 Caro from the FAA register
21 aircraft are registered to owners in Caro, Michigan: 19 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin. 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 · 3 since 1982, 0 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.
- Activate PAPI runway 06 and 24; medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 06 and 24 operates continuously DAWN-DUSK.
- 3 feet yellow cones.
- PAPI unusable beyond 9 degreess left of centerline.
- Ctlng obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp.
- Approach ratio 20:1 to dthr.
- RC aircraft operations south of runway int.
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.