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Pellston Regional Airport of Emmet County, in Michigan's northern Lower Peninsula, is a public field that combines general aviation traffic with limited scheduled airline service. Lying a mile northwest of the village of Pellston, it is the principal airport for the sparsely populated tip of the peninsula, serving the nearby towns of Petoskey and Cheboygan and the tourist areas around Mackinaw City and Mackinac Island.
Pellston Regional Airport of Emmet County (KPLN) sits at 712 feet elevation about one mile northwest of the village of Pellston in Emmet County, Michigan. Although primarily a general aviation field, it also functions as the region's commercial airport, being roughly midway between Petoskey and Cheboygan and close to the tourist centres of Mackinaw City and Mackinac Island. For a visiting VFR pilot it offers two long, lit hard-surfaced runways and an ILS approach, making it a capable diversion or destination airfield well beyond its modest size would suggest.
The airfield lies in Emmet County, Michigan, one mile northwest of the Pellston town centre, within the wider area served by Petoskey and Cheboygan and near the tourist destinations of Mackinaw City and Mackinac Island. There is no control tower at the field; en-route and approach traffic advisories in the area are provided by Minneapolis Center on 134.6 MHz, with a remote communications outlet reachable via Lansing Radio on 122.2 MHz.
Pellston has two paved runways. Runway 14/32 is 6,507 feet long, hard-surfaced and lit, with an ILS serving runway 32. Runway 05/23 is 5,396 feet long, also hard-surfaced and lit.
Weather information is available from the field's ASOS on 119.025 MHz. Traffic should be worked on the CTAF/UNICOM frequency of 123 MHz. Minneapolis Center provides area radar service on 134.6 MHz, and a remote radio outlet can be contacted via Lansing Radio on 122.2 MHz. An ILS approach is available to runway 32.
Pellston is an uncontrolled airfield; there is no tower frequency, so arriving and departing pilots should self-announce on the CTAF/UNICOM frequency of 123 MHz and monitor the ASOS on 119.025 MHz for current weather. Traffic advisories can be obtained from Minneapolis Center on 134.6 MHz or via the Lansing Radio outlet on 122.2 MHz when operating in the surrounding airspace.
Pellston Regional Airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017-2021, where it is categorised as a non-hub primary commercial service facility. Despite this classification it has long functioned mainly as a general aviation field, taking on its commercial role because of its position roughly halfway between Petoskey and Cheboygan and its proximity to the tourist centres of Mackinaw City and Mackinac Island.
The airport remains predominantly a general aviation facility while also serving as the main commercial gateway for the northern tip of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. Scheduled service is operated by SkyWest under the Delta Connection brand, with a small number of daily departures and arrivals linking Pellston to Delta's network.