Marquette Sawyer Regional
SAW · KSAW · Marquette, Michigan · Marquette County · map
Marquette Sawyer Regional is a public-use airport owned by Marquette County, 12 miles south of Marquette, Michigan, 1,204 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 9,072 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 41 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 16,893 takeoffs and landings a year. About 45,818 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KSAW · observed 6:47 pm EDT (22:47 UTC), 5 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southwest (220°) at 12 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 6,500 feet
- Temperature 70°F (21°C), dew point 50°F (10°C)
- Altimeter 29.65 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:20 pm EDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 17 knots, gusting to 25, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 11,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 6:00 pm EDT (22:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 13 knots, gusting to 23, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 16,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 9:00 pm EDT (01:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 16,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 1:00 am EDT (05:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 22,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 11:00 am EDT (15:00 UTC): wind from the west at 10 knots, gusting to 18, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KSAW 062247Z 22012KT 10SM SCT065 21/10 A2965
TAF KSAW 061720Z 0618/0718 20017G25KT P6SM FEW110 FM062200 22013G23KT P6SM BKN160 FM070100 23008KT P6SM BKN160 FM070500 29006KT P6SM SCT220 FM071500 28010G18KT P6SM SKC
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 SAW · ICAO KSAW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Marquette County
- Elevation
- 1,204 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 4:30 am to 12:30 am
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 9,072 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 19: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.975 | Sawyer |
| UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Ground | 121.65 | Sawyer |
| Saw and aWOS-3PT | 118.375 | |
| Gwinn and center (remote transmitter) Low | 119.1 | Sawyer |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 906-346-5126.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 16,893, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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 Marquette from the FAA register
22 aircraft are registered to owners in Marquette, Michigan: 20 piston singles, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 drone. 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 · 2 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
- No objections
- Birds and deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- When the control tower closed, activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 01; runway end identifier lights runway 19; PAPI runways 01 and 19; high-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 - the common traffic frequency.
- Extn 3131.
- General aviation and charter aircraft parking available at general aviation terminal only, located southeast corner of airport.
- South half of air carrier terminal ramp not plowed OCT-APR.
- Frequent snow removal operations in progress various times OCT-APR. monitor the common traffic frequency.
- Paew on airport monitor 119.975 (the common traffic frequency).
- Ficons unmon 12:00 am to 4:30 am.
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.