Beaver Island Airport
SJX · KSJX · Beaver Island, Michigan · Charlevoix County · map
Beaver Island Airport is a public-use airport, 4 miles southwest of Beaver Island, Michigan, 670 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 4,299 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Weather right now KSJX · observed 3:35 pm EDT (19:35 UTC), 21 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (200°) at 15 knots, gusting to 27
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 66°F (19°C), dew point 50°F (10°C)
- Altimeter 29.83 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 KSJX 061935Z AUTO 20015G27KT 150V230 10SM CLR 19/10 A2983 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 SJX · ICAO KSJX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 670 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1944
Runways 3
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 4,299 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 14/32 | 3,278 × 120 ft | Grass, good | |
| 05/23 | 2,054 × 120 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 09: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 27: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 50 ft high 848 ft from the end
- Runway 14: threshold displaced 522 ft, trees on the approach
- Runway 32: threshold displaced 571 ft, trees 60 ft high 228 ft from the end
- Runway 05: trees 85 ft high 1,220 ft from the end
- Runway 23: threshold displaced 763 ft, trees 65 ft high 318 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Sjx and aWOS-3P | 118.075 | |
| Pellston and center (remote transmitter) Low | 134.6 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 231-448-3081.
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 Beaver Island from the FAA register
16 aircraft are registered to owners in Beaver Island, Michigan: 8 piston singles, 7 piston twins, 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, 4 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
- NON-COMPLIANCE with far 157.
- Deer, birds, and wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 09 and 27; PAPI runway 09 and 27; medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - the common traffic frequency.
- Unatndd thanksgiving and christmas.
- Closed NOV-APR and when SN covd.
- Closed NOV-APR and when SN covd.
- 3 feet yellow cones.
- 3 feet yellow cones; dthr marked with 3 cones each side.
- 3 feet yellow cones; dthr marked with 3 cones each side.
- 3 feet yellow cones; dthr marked with 3 cones each side.
- Approach slp 7:1 to dthr ovr +72 feet trees, 565 feet dist, 125 feet L.
- Approach slp 17:1 to dthr ovr +70 feet trees, 1225 feet dist, 198 feet L.
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.