Grayling Army Airfield

Grayling Army Airfield is a public/military use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) northwest of the central business district of Grayling, in Crawford County, Michigan, United States. It is owned by United States Army. The airfield is located 7 mi northeast of the main cantonment area of Camp Grayling.

Grayling AAF covers an area of 923 acre at an elevation of 1,158 feet (353 m) above mean sea level. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2008, the airport had 4,691 aircraft operations, an average of 10 per day: 63% general aviation and 37% military.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned GOV by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned GOV to Gove Airport in Australia ).

Facilities
The airport is staffed from dawn until dusk. The 29000 sqft parking area can accommodate fixed-wing aircraft with parking for 100 helicopters, 50 with cement pads with a total of 70 tie downs. The control tower was recently upgraded to a STVS (Small Tower Voice Switch) system with positions in three different locations. There is an 800 sqft operations building which includes an operations center, flight planning room, safety office, commander's office, and a weather room. Additionally, the airfield contains a 6400 sqft maintenance hangar, crash rescue barn and NAVAIDS which include TVOR, NDB, VASI and REIL.

Runways
The airfield consists of two 5000x150-foot runways with 1200 ft overrun and 50 ft wide connecting taxiways.
 * Runway 5/23: 5,000 x 150 ft (1,524 x 46 m), Surface: Concrete
 * Runway 14/32: 5,000 x 150 ft (1,524 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt

Runway 5/23 and taxiways A/D/E are closed during the winter months, since there is no snow removal on these surfaces.

Transit

 * The airport is accessible by road from M-93, and is close to M-72 and I-75.