Harbor Springs Airport
MGN · KMGN · Harbor Springs, Michigan · Emmet County · map
Harbor Springs Airport is a public-use airport owned by Harbor/Petoskey Area Airport Auth, 3 miles east of Harbor Springs, Michigan, 686 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 4,149 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 15 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 16,500 takeoffs and landings a year. About 40 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KMGN · observed 5:55 pm EDT (21:55 UTC), 12 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 73°F (23°C), dew point 52°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 29.86 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 KMGN 112155Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 23/11 A2986 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.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
No SIGMET or AIRMET covers this field right now.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (CLE, 276 nm southeast), 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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The airport
- Codes
- FAA MGN · ICAO KMGN
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Harbor/Petoskey Area Airport Auth
- Elevation
- 686 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to dusk
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Lake Huron sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 4,149 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: PAPI, four lights on the right, threshold displaced 437 ft, tree 36 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 28: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 444 ft, pole 60 ft high 237 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Mgn and aWOS-3P | 119.925 | |
| Pellston and center (remote transmitter) Low | 134.6 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 231-347-5231.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 13 |
| multi-engine | 1 |
| jets | 1 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 16,500, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 12,000 |
| general aviation, local | 4,500 |
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 Harbor Springs from the FAA register
18 aircraft are registered to owners in Harbor Springs, Michigan: 15 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 1 turboprop. 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 with additive
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Pellston Rgnl/Emmet County (10 nm northeast), Charlevoix Municipal (17 nm southwest), Cheboygan County (22 nm northeast).
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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
3 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 3 for private pilot, 3 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 3 for airplanes, 3 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes. Also nearby: 5 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 1 engineering representative, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Anthony Connaghan private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Cedar, MI (49 nm) · (231) 409-0176 · tconnaghan@gmail.com
- Edward Charles Shipman private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes, multi-engine seaplanes · Giving Wings Aviation · Traverse City, MI (50 nm) · (313) 575-4020 · tvcdpe@gmail.com
- Todd Armstrong Zrimec private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Traverse City, MI (50 nm) · (231) 218-1454 · toddzrimec@yahoo.com
All 11 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
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 · 3 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 10 approach area has two 70 feet lighted obstruction poles, 170 feet left of centerline; +75 feet trees on north side.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 10 and 28 operates continuously.
- Landing fee waived with mnm fuel purchase.
- 4 feet fence, 0 feet dist, 48 feet R; 15 feet road, 0 feet dist, 75 feet R; 70 feet lighted pole, 180 feet dist, 240 feet R.
- 4 feet fence, 199 feet dist; 70 feet trees, 0 feet dist, 168 feet L.
- PAPI unusable beyond 2 degreess left of centerline.
- Approach ratio 1:1 to dthr ovr 80 feet trees, 80 feet dist, 261 feet L.
- Approach ratio 0:1 to dthr ovr 70 feet pole, 0 feet dist, 250 feet L.
- Runway 28 approach area has lighted obstruction poles, 165 feet left and 220 feet right of centerline; +80 feet trees adjacent.
- Deer, birds, and wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Noise abatement procedures: no turbojet/turbofan aircraft departures 11:00 pm to 7:00 am; no low flight ovr srndg community; all aircraft depg to the west turn south ovr the water as soon as practical.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Harbor Springs 18 aircraft · 15 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 1 turboprops
- Northern Sky Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 3 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/MGN.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.