Ionia County
Y70 · Ionia, Michigan · Ionia County · map
Ionia County is a public-use airport owned by Ionia County, 3 miles south of Ionia, Michigan, 818 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 10/28, is 4,298 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA Y70
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Ionia County
- Elevation
- 818 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 3:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 4,298 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 4,261 × 340 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 10: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 28: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 18: tree 82 ft high 1,242 ft from the end
- Runway 36: tree 73 ft high 986 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 118.65 | |
| Y70 and aWOS-3P | 118.9 | |
| Grand Rapids Center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.4 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 616-523-1852.
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 Ionia from the FAA register
20 aircraft are registered to owners in Ionia, Michigan: 17 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin, 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.
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 · 13 since 1982, 1 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
- Extensive soaring activity.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 28; PAPI runway 10 and 28; medium-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 - the common traffic frequency.
- Unatndd major holidays.
- Runway 18/36 marked with 3 feet yellow cones.
- 3 feet yellow cones.
- Also +25 feet power line, 1154 feet dist, 38:1.
- Also +33 feet power line, 1015 feet dist, 30:1.
- Glider operations conducted south of runway 10/28 and west of runway 18/36; use frequency 123.3 in practice area. Gliders use the common traffic frequency in traffic pattern.
- Trees obstruction view between runway end 18 with runway end 10 and 28.
- Hospital and hospital helicopter adjacent south of runway 10/28.
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.