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.
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
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Lake Huron sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. 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 374 ft from the end
- Runway 26: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 34 ft high 491 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.
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 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Michigan.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Large birds 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 feet dist, 210 feet L/R.
- PAPI unusable beyond 5 degreess left of centerline.
- PAPI unusable beyond 5 degreess left of centerline.
- Noise abatement procedures: climb to 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.
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.