Mbs International
MBS · KMBS · Saginaw, Michigan · Saginaw County · map
Mbs International is a public-use airport owned by Mbs International, 9 miles northwest of Saginaw, Michigan, 668 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 8,002 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 18 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 2 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 17,756 takeoffs and landings a year. About 105,581 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Mbs International?
Its FAA code is MBS, and its ICAO code is KMBS.
Where is Mbs International?
It is 9 miles northwest of Saginaw, Michigan, 668 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Mbs International?
The longest of its 2 runways, 05/23, is 8,002 feet long.
Does Mbs International have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Mbs International?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Mbs International?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Detroit Metro Wayne County, Chicago O'Hare International, Mbs International, Charlottesville-Albemarle, Atlantic City International. Every route
Are there flight schools at Mbs International?
5 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Fly By Knights Aero Club INC and Gra Flying Club LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Mbs International?
3 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Mbs International…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MBS · ICAO KMBS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Mbs International
- Elevation
- 668 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 11:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- 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
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1943
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 8,002 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 14/32 | 6,400 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: ILS, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 23: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 55 ft high 2,300 ft from the end
- Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 56 ft high 2,500 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 120.1 | Saginaw |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 125.925 | Saginaw |
| Clearance delivery | 121.85 | Saginaw |
| Ground | 121.7 | Saginaw |
| Approach and departure · Terminal radar service | 126.45 | Saginaw |
| Freeland and rco | 122.4 | Freeland |
| Freeland and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.7 | Saginaw |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 989-695-2488.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure)
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Saginaw County/H W Browne (11 nm southeast), Jack Barstow Airport (11 nm northwest), Tuscola Area Airport (28 nm east).
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.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Index C rescue and firefighting (ARFF) service available upon required.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 05 and 23; runway end identifier lights runway 14 and 32; high-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 and 14/32 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 14, 23, and 32 operates continuously.
- Waived with fuel purchase.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
- Looking…
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 2,328 departures from MBS in those twelve months, carrying 111,959 passengers in 143,562 seats (78% filled), to 28 destinations on 6 airlines.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mbs International → Detroit Metro Wayne County MBS–DTW | 1,284 | 71,194 | SkyWest Airlines Inc., Endeavor Air Inc. |
| Mbs International → Chicago O'Hare International MBS–ORD | 986 | 39,579 | SkyWest Airlines Inc. |
| Mbs International → Mbs International MBS–MBS | 29 | 0 | SkyWest Airlines Inc. |
| Mbs International → Charlottesville-Albemarle MBS–CHO | 3 | 0 | SkyWest Airlines Inc. |
| Mbs International → Atlantic City International MBS–ACY | 2 | 299 | Sun Country Airlines... |
| Mbs International → Lincoln MBS–LNK | 2 | 0 | SkyWest Airlines Inc. |
| Mbs International → Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International MBS–ATL | 1 | 0 | Sun Country Airlines... |
| Mbs International → Westfield-Barnes Regional MBS–BAF | 1 | 148 | Sun Country Airlines... |
All 28 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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 7 |
| multi-engine | 6 |
| jets | 5 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 17,756, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 2,202 |
| air taxi and commuter | 3,388 |
| general aviation, travelling | 8,772 |
| general aviation, local | 3,121 |
| military | 273 |
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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Saginaw from the FAA register
30 aircraft are registered to owners in Saginaw, Michigan: 18 piston singles, 5 drones, 2 piston twins, 2 helicopters, 2 business jets. 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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Fly By Knights Aero Club INC 1 aircraft · Bay City, 9 miles away
- Gra Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Bay City, 9 miles away
- Bay Area Recreational Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Midland, 13 miles away Bay Area Flying Club is a flight training facility and flying club located at Livermore Municipal Airport in California.
- Meridian Aero Club INC 1 aircraft · Midland, 13 miles away
- Soaring Eagle Flying Club 1 aircraft · Midland, 13 miles away
Repair stations in Saginaw:
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); 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: 3 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 engineering representative.
All 5 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 7 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
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Saginaw 30 aircraft · 18 piston singles, 5 drones, 2 piston twins
- Plant Life Group INC 2 aircraft in town
- Fly By Knights Aero Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Gra Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Bay Area Recreational Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Linear Motion, LLC · repair station
- Detroit Metro Wayne County (DTW) 1,284 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc., Endeavor Air Inc.
- Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) 986 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Mbs International (MBS) 29 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Charlottesville-Albemarle (CHO) 3 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Atlantic City International (ACY) 2 flights in twelve months · Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
- Lincoln (LNK) 2 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) 1 flights in twelve months · Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
- Westfield-Barnes Regional (BAF) 1 flights in twelve months · Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 7 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 220 landing places
- Michigan 7,225 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/MBS.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 29, 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.