# Pellston Regional Airport of Emmet County Airport (PLN / KPLN)

**Pellston Regional Airport of Emmet County Airport** (IATA: PLN, ICAO: KPLN) is a medium airport in Pellston, Michigan, United States. It opened in Mar 1941. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,513 ft (1,985 m). In 2025 it handled 62 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PLN / KPLN
- FAA: PLN
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Pellston, Michigan, United States
- Opened: Mar 1941
- Elevation: 721 ft / 220 m
- Coordinates: 45.5709, -84.7967
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 6,513 ft / 1,985 m
- Instrument procedures: 4 approaches
- Passengers: 61,856 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/Detroit
- Website: http://www.pellstonairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pellston_Regional_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7161603
- Weather station: KPLN
- Ident: KPLN

## Timeline

- Mar 1941: Pellston Regional Airport of Emmet County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 6,513 ft / 1,985 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | yes |
| 05/23 | 5,401 ft / 1,646 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 045° / 225° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00647AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 50,447 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 57,772 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 54,620 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 56,773 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 64,967 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 34,340 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 58,793 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 51,115 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 46,020 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 61,891 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 61,856 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (1)

- [DTW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdtw.md) Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · United States · 243 mi / 391 km · Delta Connection

### Seasonal (1)

- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 293 mi / 471 km · United Express

### Cargo (3)

- [CIU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kciu.md) Chippewa County International Airport · United States · 49 mi / 79 km · Ameriflight
- [GRR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgrr.md) Gerald R. Ford International Airport · United States · 190 mi / 305 km · FedEx Express
- [LAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klan.md) Capital Region International Airport · United States · 193 mi / 311 km · Ameriflight

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from PLN, 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 · seasonal

### Cargo (2)

- A8 [Ameriflight](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ameriflight) · 2
- FX [FedEx Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fedex-express) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 62K (2025) | #1,998 of 3,974 | #454 in North America | #305 in US |
| Longest runway | 6,513 ft / 1,985 m | #4,047 of 29,858 | #985 in North America | #745 in US |
| Elevation | 721 ft / 220 m | #22,994 of 43,403 | #10,912 in North America | #9,011 in US |
| Age | Opened 1941 | =1,548 of 15,079 | =737 in North America | =705 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ASOS | ASOS | 119.025 |
| CNTR | MINNEAPOLIS CNTR | 134.600 |
| RDO | LANSING RDO | 122.200 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [CIU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kciu.md) Chippewa County International Airport · 49 mi / 79 km
- [YAM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyam.md) Sault Ste Marie Airport · 65 mi / 104 km
- [TVC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktvc.md) Cherry Capital Airport · 69 mi / 111 km
- [APN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kapn.md) Alpena County Regional Airport · 69 mi / 111 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: “Pellston Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pellston_Regional_Airport&oldid=1374911563), revision of 14 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/kpln/data