Mackinac Island Airport
MCD · KMCD · Mackinac Island, Michigan · Mackinac County · map
Mackinac Island Airport is a public-use airport owned by Mackinac Island State Park Cmsn, 1 mile northwest of Mackinac Island, Michigan, 741 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 3,501 feet of asphalt. It has 1 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 11,100 takeoffs and landings a year. About 27 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Mackinac Island Airport?
Its FAA code is MCD, and its ICAO code is KMCD.
Where is Mackinac Island Airport?
It is 1 mile northwest of Mackinac Island, Michigan, 741 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Mackinac Island Airport?
Its one runway, 08/26, is 3,501 feet long, asphalt.
Does Mackinac Island Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Mackinac Island Airport?
1 aviation medical examiner 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 Mackinac Island Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MCD · ICAO KMCD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Mackinac Island State Park Cmsn
- Elevation
- 741 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 1,159 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Lake Huron sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 3,501 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 29 ft high 368 ft from the end
- Runway 26: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 29 ft high 417 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Mcd and aWOS-3P | 118.275 | |
| Pellston and center (remote transmitter) Low | 134.6 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 906-847-3778.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Mackinac County (5 nm west), Cheboygan County (14 nm south), Pellston Rgnl/Emmet County (19 nm south), Chippewa County International (24 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Mackinac County (5 nm west), Cheboygan County (14 nm south), Albert J Lindberg Airport (14 nm northeast), Pellston Rgnl/Emmet County (19 nm south).
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
- Birds and wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport; flocks of seagulls in the vicinity of landfill 0.3 NM northeast.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 08 and 26; PAPI runway 08 and 26; medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - 122.8.
- +4 feet fence, 0-200 feet dist, 210 feet L.
- PAPI unusable beyond 5 degreess left of centerline.
- PAPI unusable beyond 5 degreess left of centerline.
- Noise abatement procedures: cmb pattern altitude bfr turning; avd flight ovr shore and town; tgl NA.
- Obstruction lights are in the approach to runway 26.
- Pitot covs recommended while parked; CK tubes bfr departure due to mud daubers.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 1 |
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 register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 11,100, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 3,500 |
| general aviation, travelling | 7,500 |
| general aviation, local | 100 |
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 Mackinac Island from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Mackinac Island, Michigan: 1 piston twin, 1 piston single. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
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
Charter operators and airlines based in Mackinac Island:
- Indelible Aviation Transportation LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
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: 1 aviation medical examiner.
All 1 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
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 · 9 since 1982, 0 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 Mackinac Island 2 aircraft · 1 piston twins, 1 piston singles
- Indelible Aviation Transportation LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 9 since 1982 · 0 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 7,224 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/MCD.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 30, 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.