Gunflint Lodge (M56) in Grand Marais, Minnesota has 1 runway. The only runway is 08W/26W. It is 6,000 ft long and 100 ft wide. The surface is water. The magnetic headings are 079.6° and 259.6°. No ILS is published for either end.
This field sits at 1,545 ft MSL. No control tower is listed, so pilots should use standard self-announce procedures and common traffic awareness. No runway-specific noise abatement notes are published. No LAHSO notes are published. The runway system is simple, but the water surface means pilots should verify aircraft and performance readiness before operating there. Check the current FAA Chart Supplement for the latest published airport data before flight.
Wind & favored runway
Favored end is picked from the current METAR wind at M56.
Pattern entry · RWY 26W
LEFT TRAFFICAll runways
Traffic pattern
Pattern altitude is not published. For light piston operations, use the standard 1,000 ft AGL unless local procedures or ATC say otherwise. This field is not towered, so pilots sequence themselves in the pattern. Keep a sharp scan for other traffic on the water runway. No right-traffic exception is published. No runway-specific pattern notes are published.
Every end, one page
Each runway end has its own page with wind component, traffic pattern geometry and ILS for that specific direction.