Lost Creek Airport (Michigan)

Lost Creek Airport (FAA LID: 5Y4) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Luzerne, in Oscoda County, Michigan, United States. It is owned by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.[1]

For other uses, see Lost Creek Airport (disambiguation).
Lost Creek Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerU.S. Dept. of Agriculture
ServesLuzerne, Michigan
Elevation AMSL1,051 ft / 320 m
Coordinates44°39′36″N 084°14′15″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 2,600 792 Turf
5/23 2,200 671 Turf
Statistics (2015)
Aircraft operations150

A couple flying a Cessna 150 disappeared while en route to the Lost Creek Airport on July 4, 1977. It is thought that they went down after encounter a violent band of thunderstorms mid-flight.[2] A 10-day search for the aircraft was conducted after it failed to show up, but no signs of the aircraft were found. Search parties looking for signs of the aircraft have been sent as recently as 2022.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Lost Creek Airport covers an area of 77 acres (31 ha) at an elevation of 1,051 feet (320 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways with turf surfaces: 18/36 is 2,600 by 100 feet (792 x 30 m) and 5/23 is 2,200 by 100 feet (671 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2015, the airport had 150 annual general aviation aircraft operations. For the same time period, 1 aircraft is based at the airport, a single-engine airplane.[1][4][5]

There is no fixed-base operator at the airport, and no fuel is available.[6][5]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for 5Y4 PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective April 5, 2012.
  2. Clarke, Kayla (2022-08-09). "Couple flying small plane from Macomb County across Michigan vanished on 4th of July 45 years ago". WDIV. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
  3. Jeltema, Ryan. "Northern Michigan hunters asked to look for 1977 plane crash". ABC12 WJRT-TV. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
  4. "AirNav: 5Y4 - Lost Creek Airport". www.airnav.com. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
  5. "5Y4 - Lost Creek Airport | SkyVector". skyvector.com. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
  6. "Lost Creek Airport Overview and FBOs (Luzerne, MI) [5Y4]". FlightAware. Retrieved 2023-04-03.


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