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).
Weather right now KMGN · observed 5:15 pm EDT (21:15 UTC), 7 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southwest (220°) at 13 knots, gusting to 27
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a broken layer at 10,000 feet
- Temperature 70°F (21°C), dew point 45°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 29.79 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 062115Z AUTO 22013G27KT 10SM BKN100 21/07 A2979 RMK AO2 PRESFR
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 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Parking
- tiedown
- 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.
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, never named. All aircraft registered in Michigan.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.