MBS International Airport

ICAO KMBS43.5332°N 84.0831°W668 ft / 204 mMedium airport

MBS International Airport (IATA: MBS, ICAO: KMBS) is a medium airport in Freeland, Michigan, United States. It opened in Mar 1943. It has 2 runways; the longest is 8,002 ft (2,439 m). In 2025 it handled 229 thousand passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1943–1958

MAR 1943

OpenedMBS International Airport opens.

06 APR 1958

DisasterCapital Airlines Flight 67.

From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF

05/23046° / 226° · LIT

LENGTH8,002 ft2,439 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

14/32136° / 316° · LIT

LENGTH6,400 ft1,951 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2008–2025

304K

236K

243K

220K

252K

266K

94K

135K

138K

184K

218K

229K

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Routes

2 destinations · 1 country

Year-round2

DTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportUnited States · Delta Connection158 km98 mi ORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Express357 km222 mi

Most destinationsDelta Connection 1United Express 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from MBS. From the Wikipedia article “MBS International Airport” (revision of 24 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers229K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,477of 3,974 · #327 North America · #218 US Longest runway8,002 ft2,439 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,721of 29,823 · =557 North America · =413 US Elevation668 ft204 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=24,019of 43,341 · =11,508 North America · =9,553 US AgeOpened 19432026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,016of 15,079 · =1,078 North America · =1,034 US Runways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

8 channels

A/DSAGINAW APP/DEP120.950

ATISATIS118.600

CLDCLNC DEL121.850

CTAFCTAF120.100

GNDGND121.700

RDOLANSING RDO122.200

TWRSAGINAW TWR120.100

UNICUNICOM122.950