Livingston County/Spencer J Hardy
OZW · KOZW · Howell, Michigan · Livingston County · map
Livingston County/Spencer J Hardy is a public-use airport owned by Livingston County, 3 miles northwest of Howell, Michigan, 962 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 5,002 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KOZW · observed 4:35 pm EDT (20:35 UTC), 3 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (190°) at 10 knots, gusting to 14
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 66°F (19°C), dew point 45°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 30.01 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 KOZW 062035Z AUTO 19010G14KT 140V200 10SM CLR 19/07 A3001 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 OZW · ICAO KOZW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Livingston County
- Elevation
- 962 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 1,039 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm; weekends, 8:00 am to 12:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1950
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 5,002 × 100 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), tree 58 ft high 1,313 ft from the end
- Runway 31: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 40 ft high 471 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Clearance delivery · Apt Remark 100 With Gco Freq | 121.725 | · Gco available on frequency 121.725 through dtw clnc del and flight services. |
| Approach and departure | 132.35 | |
| Ozw and aWOS-3P | 118.875 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 517-546-4450.
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 Howell from the FAA register
111 aircraft are registered to owners in Howell, Michigan: 63 piston singles, 14 helicopters, 12 balloons, 11 drones, 6 turboprops. 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 · 11 since 1982, 3 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 or incr intst approach lights (MALSR) runway 13; runway end identifier lights runway 31; high-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 13 and 31 operates continuously DAWN-DUSK; high-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 preset low intst DUSK-2200.
- Gco available on frequency 121.725 through dtw clnc del and flight services.
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.