Grayling Army Airfield


Grayling Army Airfield is a public/military use airport located one nautical mile northwest of the central business district of Grayling, in Crawford County, Michigan, United States. It is owned by United States Army. The airfield is located northeast of the main cantonment area of Camp Grayling. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a general aviation facility.
Grayling AAF covers an area of at an elevation of 1,158 feet above mean sea level. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2008, the airport had 4,691 aircraft operations, an average of 10 per day: 63% general aviation and 37% military.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned GOV by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.

Facilities

The airport is staffed from dawn until dusk. The parking area can accommodate fixed-wing aircraft with parking for 100 helicopters, 50 with cement pads with a total of 70 tie downs. The control tower was recently upgraded to a STVS system with positions in three different locations. There is an operations building which includes an operations center, flight planning room, safety office, commander's office, and a weather room. Additionally, the airfield contains a maintenance hangar, crash rescue barn and NAVAIDS which include TVOR, NDB, VASI and REIL.

Runways

The airfield consists of two 5000x150-foot runways with overrun and wide connecting taxiways.
Runway 5/23 and taxiways A/D/E are closed during the winter months, since there is no snow removal on these surfaces.

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