Drummond Island Airport
DRM · KDRM · Drummond Island, Michigan · Chippewa County · map
Drummond Island Airport is a public-use airport, 1 mile southwest of Drummond Island, Michigan, 668 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 08/26, is 4,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, car gas (mogas)) and about 6 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 5,000 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Drummond Island Airport?
Its FAA code is DRM, and its ICAO code is KDRM.
Where is Drummond Island Airport?
It is 1 mile southwest of Drummond Island, Michigan, 668 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Drummond Island Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 08/26, is 4,000 feet long.
Does Drummond Island Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Drummond Island Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, car gas (mogas).
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Drummond Island Airport…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA DRM · ICAO KDRM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 668 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, car gas (mogas); the services card below
- On the chart
- Lake Huron sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1948
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 4,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 01/19 | 2,500 × 150 ft | Asphalt and grass, fair |
- Runway 08: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 650 ft, trees 42 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 26: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 170 ft, road 15 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 01: trees on the approach
- Runway 19: trees on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Drm and aWOS-3P | 118.325 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 906-493-6410.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, car gas (mogas)
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- aircraft sales
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Chippewa County International (34 nm northwest), Sault Ste Marie Muni/Sanderson Field (38 nm northwest), Cheboygan County (39 nm southwest), Mackinac County (42 nm west).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Michigan · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Golf carts and pedestrians xng runway 08/26 due to golf crs on both sides.
- Activate PAPI runway 08 and 26; medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - the common traffic frequency.
- +4 feet fence, 20 feet dist; +10 feet hill, 10 feet dist, 50 feet L; +18 feet building, 97 feet dist, 50 feet R; +50 feet trees, 20 feet dist, 90 feet L/R.
- +6 feet fence, 54 feet dist; +15 feet road, 112 feet dist; +20 feet building, 0 feet dist, 200 feet R.
- 3 feet yellow cones.
- 3 feet yellow cones.
- Ctlg obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp.
- Ctlg obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp.
- Ctlg obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp.
- Approach ratio 4:1 to dthr ovr 75 feet tree, 321 feet dist, 247 feet L.
- Cntr 20 feet of runway from int runway 08/26 north to the hngr line is asphalt, rmndr of runway grass.
- Deer, birds, and wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 6 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 5,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 2,500 |
| general aviation, local | 2,500 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Drummond Island from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Drummond Island, Michigan: 6 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Michigan.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Drummond Island 6 aircraft · 6 piston singles
- Accidents and incidents in Michigan 2,103 since 1982 · 226 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 5 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Michigan 220 landing places
- Michigan 7,224 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/DRM.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.