Frankfort Dow Memorial Field
FKS · KFKS · Frankfort, Michigan · Benzie County · map
Frankfort Dow Memorial Field is a public-use airport owned by Frankfort City-Co Arpt Auth, 2 miles southeast of Frankfort, Michigan, 633 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 4,050 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Weather right now KFKS · observed 5:15 pm EDT (21:15 UTC), 6 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (190°) at 17 knots, gusting to 24
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 66°F (19°C), dew point 48°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 29.83 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 KFKS 062115Z AUTO 19017G24KT 10SM CLR 19/09 A2983 RMK AO2 PK WND 18026/37
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 FKS · ICAO KFKS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Frankfort City-Co Arpt Auth
- Elevation
- 633 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
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 4,050 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: threshold displaced 1,094 ft, road 20 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 33: PAPI, two lights on the right, threshold displaced 111 ft, tree 54 ft high 896 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| Fks and aWOS-3P | 118.325 | |
| Traverse City Center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.9 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 231-352-7573.
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 Frankfort from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Frankfort, 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, 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
- Airport beacon located on hill 1.25 miles northwest of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 33; PAPI runway 33; medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 - the common traffic frequency (3 the microphone clicks turns off).
- Ramp fee dtrmd by WT.
- Available self service via credit card.
- +20 feet road.
- Approach ratio 17:1 to dthr.
- Approach ratio 18:1 to dthr.
- Deer and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Admin building aces: press 5-3-2-1.
- Hang glider activity along lake Michigan lakeshore.
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.