Delta County
ESC · KESC · Escanaba, Michigan · Delta County · map
Delta County is a public-use airport owned by Delta County, 2 miles southwest of Escanaba, Michigan, 609 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 10/28, is 6,498 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KESC · observed 3:56 pm EDT (19:56 UTC), 40 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (190°) at 18 knots, gusting to 25
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 67°F (19°C), dew point 51°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 29.75 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 KESC 061956Z AUTO 19018G25KT 10SM CLR 19/11 A2975 RMK AO2 PK WND 20028/1935 SLP077 T01940106 $
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 ESC · ICAO KESC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Delta County
- Elevation
- 609 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 9:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 6,498 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 01/19 | 5,016 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: ILS with DME, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 28: PAPI, four lights on the right
- Runway 01: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 51 ft high 1,871 ft from the end
- Runway 19: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Esc and aWOS-3PT | 121.425 | |
| Escanaba and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.65 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 906-786-9001.
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 Escanaba from the FAA register
13 aircraft are registered to owners in Escanaba, Michigan: 10 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 glider. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Michigan.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 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
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 10; runway end identifier lights runway 28, 01, and 19; PAPI runway 28, 01, and 19; high-intensity runway lights runway 10/28; medium-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 - the common traffic frequency.
- 100LL available H24 self service.
- Field conditions unmon 9:30 pm to 6:00 am.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.