# MBS International Airport (MBS / KMBS)

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmbs

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MBS / KMBS
- FAA: MBS
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Freeland, Michigan, United States
- Opened: Mar 1943
- Elevation: 668 ft / 204 m
- Coordinates: 43.5332, -84.0831
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 8,002 ft / 2,439 m
- Instrument procedures: 7 approaches
- Passengers: 229,458 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/Detroit
- Website: http://www.mbsairport.org/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MBS_International_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q652272
- Weather station: KMBS
- Ident: KMBS

## Timeline

- Mar 1943: MBS International Airport opens.
- 6 Apr 1958: Capital Airlines Flight 67.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 8,002 ft / 2,439 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 046° / 226° | yes |
| 14/32 | 6,400 ft / 1,951 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 136° / 316° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00648AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2008 | 304,263 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 236,021 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 242,887 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 220,085 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 251,535 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 266,272 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 94,362 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 135,004 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 138,314 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 184,178 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 218,277 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 229,458 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [DTW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdtw.md) Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · United States · 98 mi / 158 km · Delta Connection
- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 222 mi / 357 km · United Express

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from MBS, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- [Delta Connection](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/delta-connection) · 1
- UA [United Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-express) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 229K (2025) | #1,477 of 3,974 | #327 in North America | #218 in US |
| Longest runway | 8,002 ft / 2,439 m | =2,722 of 29,858 | =557 in North America | =413 in US |
| Elevation | 668 ft / 204 m | =24,045 of 43,403 | =11,513 in North America | =9,557 in US |
| Age | Opened 1943 | =2,016 of 15,079 | =1,078 in North America | =1,034 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | SAGINAW APP/DEP | 120.950 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 118.600 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 121.850 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 120.100 |
| GND | GND | 121.700 |
| RDO | LANSING RDO | 122.200 |
| TWR | SAGINAW TWR | 120.100 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [FNT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfnt.md) Bishop International Airport · 43 mi / 68 km
- [LAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klan.md) Capital Region International Airport · 58 mi / 93 km
- [PTK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kptk.md) Oakland County International Airport · 69 mi / 110 km
- [GRR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgrr.md) Gerald R. Ford International Airport · 85 mi / 137 km
- [MTC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmtc.md) Selfridge Air National Guard Base Airport · 89 mi / 144 km
- [JXN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kjxn.md) Jackson County Airport/Reynolds Field · 90 mi / 145 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “MBS International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MBS_International_Airport&oldid=1376516797), revision of 24 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmbs/data