Fitch H Beach Airport
FPK · KFPK · Charlotte, Michigan · Eaton County · map
Fitch H Beach Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Charlotte/City Manager, 1 mile northeast of Charlotte, Michigan, 891 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 03/21, is 3,510 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Weather right now KFPK · observed 4:15 pm EDT (20:15 UTC), 21 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (210°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 68°F (20°C), dew point 46°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 29.99 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 KFPK 062015Z AUTO 21007KT 10SM CLR 20/08 A2999 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 FPK · ICAO KFPK
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Charlotte/City Manager
- Elevation
- 891 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; weekends, on call
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1944
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 3,510 × 75 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 15/33 | 2,298 × 95 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 03: PAPI, four lights on the left, brush 8 ft high 345 ft from the end
- Runway 21: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 41 ft high 827 ft from the end
- Runway 15: threshold displaced 760 ft, tree 18 ft high 145 ft from the end
- Runway 33: threshold displaced 193 ft, gnd on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Approach and departure | 118.65 | |
| Fpk and aWOS-3P | 118.075 | |
| Litchfield and center (remote transmitter) Low | 120.45 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 517-543-2288.
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 Charlotte from the FAA register
26 aircraft are registered to owners in Charlotte, Michigan: 21 piston singles, 2 drones, 1 helicopter, 1 glider, 1 balloon. 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 · 1 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 runway end identifier lights runway 03/21; PAPI runway 03 and 21; medium-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 - the common traffic frequency.
- Closed DEC-MAR and when snow covd.
- Runway and dthr marked with 3 feet yellow cones.
- Runway and dthr marked with 3 feet yellow cones.
- Approach ratio 19:1 to dthr ovr +94 feet tree, 1785 feet dist, 50 feet L.
- Ctlg obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp. Approach ratio 20:1 to dthr.
- Military hop on and in the vicinity of airport spcly at night.
- Deer and large birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Gnd moles and waterfowl on runway 15/33.
- Aircraft WO radio operating 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.