Alpena County Regional
APN · KAPN · Alpena, Michigan · Alpena County · map
Alpena County Regional is a public-use airport owned by the County of Alpena, 6 miles west of Alpena, Michigan, 690 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 01/19, is 9,001 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 23 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 5,271 takeoffs and landings a year. About 11,140 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KAPN · observed 4:54 pm EDT (20:54 UTC), 39 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east (100°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 70°F (21°C), dew point 58°F (14°C)
- Altimeter 29.91 inHg
The forecast issued Sun 1:20 pm EDT (17:20 UTC), good until Mon 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Sun 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the south at 9 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Sun 6:00 pm EDT (22:00 UTC): wind from the south at 3 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Mon 4:00 am EDT (08:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, low-level wind shear, a few clouds at 20,000 feet VFR
- From Mon 9:00 am EDT (13:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 7,000 feet VFR
- From Mon 1:00 pm EDT (17:00 UTC): wind from the south-southeast at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 7,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KAPN 112054Z AUTO 10008KT 10SM CLR 21/14 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP129 T02110144 56022
TAF KAPN 111720Z 1118/1218 17009KT P6SM BKN250 FM112200 18003KT P6SM SKC FM120800 22005KT P6SM FEW200 WS020/26035KT FM121300 22005KT P6SM FEW070 FM121700 15005KT P6SM FEW070
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.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
No SIGMET or AIRMET covers this field right now.
1 pilot report within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours:
- PA24 at 3,000 ft, 82 nm south, 4:48 pm EDT (20:48 UTC): overcast up to 3,000 ft, remarks: zob.
as filed, and in English
BAX UA /OV BAX/TM 2048/FL030/TP PA24/SK OVCUNKN-TOP030/RM ZOB
- Report
- a routine report filed through BAX
- Where
- over BAX
- Time
- 20:48 UTC
- Height
- at 3,000 ft
- Aircraft
- PA24
- Sky
- overcast, tops 3,000 ft
- Remarks
- zob
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (CLE, 233 nm south), for use 20:00–03:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 340° at 5 kt; 6,000 ft: 320° at 13 kt, 14 °C; 9,000 ft: 300° at 12 kt, 8 °C; 12,000 ft: 310° at 10 kt, 2 °C; 18,000 ft: 310° at 14 kt, -10 °C.
No temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles.
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
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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.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 842 departures from APN in those twelve months, carrying 13,040 passengers in 31,440 seats (41% filled), to 6 destinations on 3 airlines.
All 6 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA APN · ICAO KAPN
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Alpena
- Elevation
- 690 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with radar approach control · 8:00 am to 4:00 pm weekdays; except holidays (ang).
- Attended
- every day, 5:00 am to 11:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Lake Huron 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 9,001 × 150 ft | Concrete, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 07/25 | 5,028 × 100 ft | Concrete, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), tree 68 ft high 3,190 ft from the end
- Runway 19: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 56 ft high 2,174 ft from the end
- Runway 07: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 46 ft high 1,200 ft from the end
- Runway 25: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 80 ft high 2,866 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 121.35 | Alpena |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Apn and automated weather (ASOS) | 120.675 | Alpena |
| Ground | 121.9 | Alpena |
| Approach and departure | 128.425 | Alpena |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Alpena |
| Alpena and center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.475 | Alpena |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 989-200-3256.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 19 |
| multi-engine | 4 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 5,271, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 1,074 |
| general aviation, travelling | 801 |
| general aviation, local | 1,302 |
| military | 2,094 |
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.
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 Alpena from the FAA register
20 aircraft are registered to owners in Alpena, Michigan: 17 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 1 business jet. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Michigan.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft sales
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Oscoda/Wurtsmith Airport (38 nm south), Gaylord Regional (49 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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Alpena, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
- Huron Aviation Services LLC Huron Aviation is a fixed base operator at Alpena Regional Airport in Michigan offering flight training, aircraft rental and charter (through sister company North Country Aviation), air tours, aircraft maintenance, and catering services.
Companies in the same town as this airport; not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing).
All 1 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 6 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Runway 01 and 19 each have 1000 feet ovrn.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 01; runway end identifier lights runway 19, 07, and 25; high-intensity runway lights runway 01/19; medium-intensity runway lights runway 07/25 - the common traffic frequency.
- BAK-14 BAK-12A(B) (1500 feet).
- BAK-14 BAK-12A(B) (1515 feet).
- Trt 560.
- Trt 560.
- Runway 07/25 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- Birds and otr wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Military: ang: duty hours 8:00 am to 4:00 pm MON-FRI except holidays.
- Taxiway a west of taxiway C and taxiway B rstrd to military only. Be alert for uncontrolled vehicles on the taxiway.
- Taxiway H east of runway 01/19 unlighted.
- Military: ang: joap ser unavailable.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Alpena 20 aircraft · 17 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 1 business jets
- Air Devices Company LLC 3 aircraft in town
- El Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Huron Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Detroit Metro Wayne County (DTW) 604 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Bishop International (FNT) 228 flights in twelve months · Federal Express Corporation
- Alpena County Regional (APN) 4 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Gerald R Ford International (GRR) 3 flights in twelve months · Federal Express Corporation
- Minneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain (MSP) 2 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- MC Guire Field (Joint Base MC Guire Dix Lakehurst) (WRI) 1 flights in twelve months · TEM Enterprises dba Avelo Airlines
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 6 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Michigan 2,103 since 1982 · 226 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Michigan 221 landing places
- Michigan 7,213 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/APN.json.
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 9, 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.