Manistee County/Blacker
MBL · KMBL · Manistee, Michigan · Manistee County · map
Manistee County/Blacker is a public-use airport owned by Manistee Blacker Arpt Authority, 3 miles northeast of Manistee, Michigan, 621 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 10/28, is 5,501 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KMBL · observed 4:56 pm EDT (20:56 UTC), 24 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (210°) at 12 knots, gusting to 17
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 68°F (20°C), dew point 48°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 29.87 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:20 pm EDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the south at 12 knots, gusting to 35, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 9,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 8:00 pm EDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 14 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, low-level wind shear, a few clouds at 5,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 3:00 am EDT (07:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 12 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 5,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 8:00 am EDT (12:00 UTC): wind from the west at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 5,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KMBL 062056Z AUTO 21012G17KT 10SM CLR 20/09 A2987 RMK AO2 PK WND 23026/2007 SLP115 T02000089 58029
TAF KMBL 061720Z 0618/0718 19012G35KT P6SM SCT090 FM070000 20014KT P6SM FEW050 WS020/21045KT FM070700 20012KT P6SM FEW050 FM071200 27008KT P6SM FEW050
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 MBL · ICAO KMBL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Manistee Blacker Arpt Authority
- Elevation
- 621 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- November to March, every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; June to August, every day, 8:00 am to 8:00 pm; April & October, every day, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm; May & SEPT, every day, 8:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 5,501 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 01/19 | 2,721 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 55 ft high 2,050 ft from the end
- Runway 28: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 102 ft high 4,350 ft from the end
- Runway 01: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 8 ft high 312 ft from the end
- Runway 19: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 49 ft high 1,080 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Mbl and aWOS-3PT | 118.825 | |
| White Cloud Center (remote transmitter) Low | 120.85 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 231-723-6073.
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 Manistee from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Manistee, Michigan: 3 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.
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 · 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
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 28; runway end identifier lights runway 10; PAPI runway 01, 19, 10, and 28; high-intensity runway lights runway 10/28; medium-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 01/19 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. No part 121/PART 380 operations except for tax.
- Also +15 feet road, 498 feet dist, approach ratio 33:1.
- Taxiway east marked with reflectors.
- Rescue and firefighting (ARFF) mnt the common traffic frequency drg air carrier operations.
- Maintenance personnel mnt the common traffic frequency drg work on taxiways and runways.
- Field conditions unmon aft atndd hours except for air carrier operations.
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.