West Branch Community Airport
Y31 · West Branch, Michigan · Ogemaw County · map
West Branch Community Airport is a public-use airport owned by CO Ogemaw City W Branch, 3 miles southeast of West Branch, Michigan, 882 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 5,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA Y31
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- CO Ogemaw City W Branch
- Elevation
- 882 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: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Lake Huron sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 5,000 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 27: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 70 ft high 2,379 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Y31 and aWOS-3P | 119.575 | |
| Oscoda and center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.475 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 989-787-1100.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in West Branch from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in West Branch, Michigan: 5 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.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Michigan.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 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
- 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. PAPI runway 09 and 27 operates continuously sunrise to sunset.
- Admin building aces: 5-3-2-1-#.
- Deer and large birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.