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Welcome to ThreePointAviation.com!

Welcome to ThreePointAviation.com!



The Gratiot Community Airport is a very friendly airport in the center of it all and with it’s nicely paved and long North-South and East-West runways it is a perfect airport to base your airplane out of or just visit.
We offer a courtesy car, refrigerator that is stocked with water and soda and frozen treats, coffee, and other amenities.

 

* This is not an official source of information. Please reference FAA approved sources.

FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 15 SEPTEMBER 2016

Location

FAA Identifier: AMN
Lat/Long: 43-19-19.7000N / 084-41-16.6000W
43-19.328333N / 084-41.276667W
43.3221389 / -84.6879444
(estimated)
Elevation: 753.6 ft. / 229.7 m (surveyed)
Variation: 05W (1990)
From city: 3 miles SW of ALMA, MI
Time zone: UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 48801

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Sectional chart: DETROIT
Control tower: no
ARTCC: CLEVELAND CENTER
FSS: LANSING FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: AMN (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: MON-SAT 0800-1530
Pattern altitude: 1753.6 ft. MSL
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: ACTVT HIRL RYS 09/27 & 18/36; PAPI RYS 09 & 27; REIL RYS 09 & 27 – CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
Operates sunset to sunrise.

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
WX AWOS-3: 124.175 (989-463-3433)
SAGINAW APPROACH: 126.45
SAGINAW DEPARTURE: 126.45
CLEARANCE DELIVERY: 119.25
WX AWOS-3 at MOP (18 nm N): 133.025 (989-773-2885)
  • APCH/DEP PROVIDED BY CLEVELAND ARTCC (ZOB) ON FREQS 127.7/307.8 (SAGINAW RCAG) OR CALL CLEVELAND ARTCC (ZOB) 440-774-0224 WHEN SAGINAW (MBS) APCH CONTROL CLOSED.

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance VOR name Freq Var
MOPr178/18.2 MOUNT PLEASANT VOR/DME 110.60 05W
MBSr248/29.4 SAGINAW VOR/DME 112.90 03W
LANr006/36.3 LANSING VORTAC 110.80 05W

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 9/27

Dimensions: 5004 x 75 ft. / 1525 x 23 m
Surface: asphalt/grooved, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity:
Single wheel: 40.0
Double wheel: 65.0
Runway edge lights: High Intensity
RUNWAY 9 RUNWAY 27
Latitude: 43-19.381323N 43-19.377747N
Longitude: 084-41.762353W 084-40.634155W
Elevation: 749.8 ft. 752.6 ft.
Gradient: 0.1% 0.1%
Traffic pattern: left left
Runway heading: 095 magnetic, 090 true 275 magnetic, 270 true
Markings: nonprecision, in fair condition nonprecision, in fair condition
Visual slope indicator: 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yes yes
Touchdown point: yes, no lights yes, no lights
Instrument approach: SDF
Obstructions: 84 ft. trees, 2300 ft. from runway, 320 ft. left of centerline, 25:1 slope to clear 60 ft. trees, 1400 ft. from runway, 350 ft. right of centerline, 20:1 slope to clear

Runway 18/36

Dimensions: 3197 x 75 ft. / 974 x 23 m
Surface: asphalt/grooved, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity:
Single wheel: 26.0
Runway edge lights: High Intensity
RUNWAY 18 RUNWAY 36
Latitude: 43-19.511685N 43-18.985505N
Longitude: 084-41.396882W 084-41.400077W
Elevation: 752.5 ft. 753.3 ft.
Gradient: 0.1% 0.1%
Traffic pattern: left left
Runway heading: 185 magnetic, 180 true 005 magnetic, 000 true
Markings: nonprecision, in fair condition nonprecision, in fair condition
Touchdown point: yes, no lights yes, no lights
Obstructions: 59 ft. trees, 1262 ft. from runway, 323 ft. left of centerline, 18:1 slope to clear 85 ft. trees, 1900 ft. from runway, 505 ft. left of centerline, 20:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF ALMA-CO. OF GRATIOT
525 E SUPERIOR, P.O. BOX 278
ALMA, MI 48801
Phone 989-463-8336
Manager: SCOTT MCDONALD
THREE POINT AVIATION, LLC
3999 WEST SEAMAN RD
ALMA, MI 48801
Phone (989) 463-5500