Oakland Southwest Airport
Y47 · New Hudson, Michigan · Oakland County · map
Oakland Southwest Airport is a public-use airport owned by Oakland County, 1 mile southwest of New Hudson, Michigan, 926 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 3,128 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA Y47
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Oakland County
- Elevation
- 926 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm; weekends, on call
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1946
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 3,128 × 40 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: VASI, two boxes on the right, threshold displaced 867 ft, brush 20 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 26: VASI, two boxes on the left, threshold displaced 864 ft, trees 79 ft high 200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 132.35 |
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Aircraft registered in New Hudson from the FAA register
15 aircraft are registered to owners in New Hudson, Michigan: 10 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 2 balloons, 1 business jet. 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 · 17 since 1982, 2 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
- Estabd bfr 1959.
- Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - the common traffic frequency. VASI runway 08 and 26 out of service indefinitely.
- -4 feet ditch, 40 feet dist; scattered 5-30 feet trees and brush, 0-199 feet dist, 125 feet L and R.
- 15-40 feet trees and brush, 0-90 feet dist, 110 feet L.
- Ctlg obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp. Approach ratio 2:1 to dthr ovr +22 feet tree, 62 feet dist, 125 feet R.
- Ctlg obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp. Approach ratio 0:1 to dthr ovr +12 feet tree, 0 feet dist, 115 feet L. +30 feet power line, 697 feet dist; +20 feet trees, 110 feet L; +15-50 feet trees, most quads.
- Trees and brush in primary surface 70-120 feet L and R.
- 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.