KAPN — Alpena County Rgnl
Alpena, MI · field elevation 690 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT-RAPCON
2 AIRMETs & SIGMETs Read in the EFB →
KAPN current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KAPN 111154Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/14 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP150 T01560144 10161 20128 53003
- Wind
- calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 16 °C / dewpoint 14 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.98 inHg
- Density altitude
- 849 ft · pressure altitude 630 ft
- Observed
- 21 minutes ago
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KAPN 111120Z 1112/1212 00000KT P6SM SCT040 FM111800 10006KT P6SM VCSH BKN050 FM112300 VRB03KT P6SM SCT060 FM120700 00000KT 3SM BR SCT003
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 45.07808, -83.56031
- Elevation
- 690 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1031Z / 0047Z
- Tower hours
- 0800-1600 WKDAYS; EXCP HOLS (ANG).
- Magnetic variation
- -7° (1985)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Lake Huron
- County
- Alpena, MI
Airport diagram
Everything else KAPN publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 9,001 | 150 | CONC | HIGH |
| 07/25 | 5,028 | 100 | CONC | MED |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 120.675
- Tower 0800-1600 WKDAYS; EXCP HOLS (ANG).
- 121.35
- Ground
- 121.9
- CTAF
- 121.35
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach
- 128.425
Published procedures
- 7 approaches — ILS, LOC, LS, RNAV (GPS)
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KAPN airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Michigan airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.