Oscoda/Wurtsmith Airport
OSC · KOSC · Oscoda, Michigan · Iosco County · map
Oscoda/Wurtsmith Airport is a public-use airport owned by Oscoda/Wurtsmith Airport Auth, 3 miles northwest of Oscoda, Michigan, 633 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 11,801 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KOSC · observed 5:55 pm EDT (21:55 UTC), 10 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (200°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 63°F (17°C), dew point 46°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 29.89 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 KOSC 062155Z AUTO 20008KT 10SM CLR 17/08 A2989 RMK AO2
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 OSC · ICAO KOSC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Oscoda/Wurtsmith Airport Auth
- Elevation
- 633 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; weekends, on call
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Lake Huron sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1993
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 11,801 × 200 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 07: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 83 ft high 2,843 ft from the end
- Runway 25: localizer and glideslope, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), tree 71 ft high 3,574 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Osc and aWOS-3P | 118.7 | |
| Oscoda and center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.475 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 989-739-1310.
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 Oscoda from the FAA register
28 aircraft are registered to owners in Oscoda, Michigan: 27 piston singles, 1 helicopter. 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 · 4 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
- Deer and large birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 25; runway end identifier lights runway 07; PAPI runway 07 and 25; high-intensity runway lights runway 07/25 - the common traffic frequency.
- Durg daylight hours simul tail may exist ovr aer 07 and 25.
- Transient aircraft flw blue centerline on taxiway a and taxiway D to lct airport terminal, fuel, and parking.
- Poss jet blast on taxiway a in the vicinity of restricted parking apron and east ramp.
- Poss svr turb ovr jet eng test buildings (2).
- Terminal building and parking lot gate aces: press V, then iii and II simul, then I.
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.