Saginaw County/H W Browne
HYX · KHYX · Saginaw, Michigan · Saginaw County · map
Saginaw County/H W Browne is a public-use airport owned by the County of Saginaw, 4 miles east of Saginaw, Michigan, 602 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 10/28, is 5,002 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KHYX · observed 4:15 pm EDT (20:15 UTC), 23 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (210°) at 12 knots, gusting to 17
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 70°F (21°C), dew point 45°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 29.98 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 KHYX 062015Z AUTO 21012G17KT 10SM CLR 21/07 A2998 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 HYX · ICAO KHYX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Saginaw
- Elevation
- 602 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:30 am to 5:00 pm; weekends, 8:00 am to 12:00 pm
- 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
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 5,002 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 05/23 | 2,952 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: PAPI, four lights on the left, brush 4 ft high 229 ft from the end
- Runway 28: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF), trees 66 ft high 842 ft from the end
- Runway 05: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 119 ft, fence 6 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 23: PAPI, two lights on the right, threshold displaced 129 ft, road 15 ft high 210 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 120.95 | |
| Hyx and aWOS-3P | 118.325 | |
| Freeland and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.7 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 989-752-3408.
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 Saginaw from the FAA register
31 aircraft are registered to owners in Saginaw, Michigan: 18 piston singles, 5 drones, 3 business jets, 2 piston twins, 2 helicopters. 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 · 2 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 malsf runway 28; runway end identifier lights runway 10; PAPI runway 05, 23, 10, and 28; high-intensity runway lights runway 10/28; medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 10 and 28 operates continuously durg daylight hours.
- Unatndd major holidays.
- 100LL and jet a+ available H24 self service.
- 2 feet concrete culvert, 100 feet dist, 80 feet L; -15 feet ditch, air carriers approach end.
- Approach ratio 20:1 to dthr.
- Approach ratio 20:1 to dthr.
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.