Manistee County/Blacker Airport Map Print (MBL)

MBL KMBL Manistee, Michigan

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Add the digital file + $10 A JPEG of your MBL artwork at 300 dpi, matched to your selected physical print size. Print a copy for your own space or use it as wallpaper. Save it within 30 days of receiving the email link; the file is yours to keep for personal use.

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Museum-quality, 330 gsm cotton paper with pigment inks for rich color and fine detail. Ready for your own frame.
Manistee's runways and taxiways, composed as art for anyone who has spent time at the field.
Seven colorways to suit the room. A considered gift for pilots, crew, and frequent flyers.

Description

A runway diagram map print of Manistee County/Blacker Airport (MBL), made from the airport's own layout for the place it holds in your life. Choose your colorway and your format: a fine art giclée print on cotton paper, a framed fine art print, a glossy metal print or a digital download.

Your fine art print is made to order with pigment inks on heavyweight, 100% cotton Hot Press paper, a 330 gsm sheet with a high color gamut and deep black density. The acid-free, archival-grade paper has a smooth matte surface. Supplied unframed, ready for your own frame.

Shipping and Returns

Physical prints are made to order in 2 to 3 business days; shipping time is added on top and varies by your location and the method you choose. Standard shipping is free across the US. Orders containing only paper prints ship flat, though paper may retain a slight curl; orders with framed or metal pieces ship in separate boxes. Digital downloads are delivered by email, so there is nothing to ship.

Physical products have a 30-day money-back guarantee. Contact us within 30 days of delivery to request a refund; we may require a return before issuing it.

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Materials

Fine Art Print: pigment giclée printing on heavyweight 330 gsm (17 mil), 100% cotton Hot Press paper, on regularly calibrated giclée printers. The paper is acid-free and archival-grade, with a smooth matte surface and the high color gamut and black density that let a dark ground and fine linework keep their depth. Supplied unframed, with no added white margin, ready for your own frame.

Dimensions

Fine Art Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches.

Made like something you keep.

The field itself

This is Manistee's own layout, the way its runways run and the taxiways thread between them, composed into a print you will want to look at every day. Not a stock template with a new name on it.

Museum-quality cotton paper

Heavyweight 330 gsm, 100% cotton Hot Press paper, acid-free and archival-grade. Its high color gamut and black density give the runways real depth, and pigment inks keep the fine detail crisp on a smooth matte surface.

Solid wood framing or glossy metal

Frame it in 1.25 inch solid wood, black, white or natural oak, with the white beveled mat, optical-grade clear acrylic and hanging wire included. Or choose glossy metal: dye sublimation into aluminum, floated about 3/4 inch off the wall on a hidden mount.

Manistee County/Blacker

MBL · Manistee, Michigan

44.2725° N · 86.2469° W
Field elevation 621 ft

Identifier

MBL

ICAO code

KMBL

Field elevation

621ft

Runways

Magnetic variation

6°W

Runways

10/285,501 × 100 ft

01/192,721 × 75 ft

Composed from published airport information and available field depictions as original wall art. Learn how AirportPrints maps take shape.

Manistee County/Blacker Airport Runway Diagram Print

MBL draws as a cross. One long runway runs nearly east to west across the sheet, and a shorter strip cuts through it close to the western end, with the numbers 10, 28, 1 and 19 sitting at the four ends. Runway 10/28 is 5,501 by 100 feet of asphalt; the crossing runway, 01/19, is 2,721 by 75 feet. Because the intersection falls well left of center, the composition is asymmetric: taxiways and apron shapes cluster in the upper left, then the long runway runs out alone into open paper toward the 28 end.

Manistee County/Blacker is a public use airport three nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Manistee, Michigan, covering 290 acres at an elevation of 621 feet above mean sea level. It is owned by the Manistee County Blacker Airport Authority and is mostly used for general aviation. By 2023, Cape Air was flying out of Chicago's O'Hare, with codesharing or interline agreements including American and United. Small field, long history: a Michigan airport that has never stopped being a working strip.

As art, this one earns its wall by restraint. Drawn from published airport information, with fine details of the field simplified or omitted so the runway geometry stays readable at wall distance. The two crossed lines carry the whole frame, and the colorway you choose decides whether the pavement reads as graphic and hard edged or soft and atmospheric. Hang it near prints of other Lake Michigan fields, Muskegon to the south or Grand Rapids inland, and the difference in scale and shape is the point of the group.

Manistee (MBL) print, common questions

How many runways does MBL have?

Two. Runway 10/28 is 5,501 by 100 feet and runway 01/19 is 2,721 by 75 feet, both asphalt. In the print they cross near the western end of the long runway.

How long is the longest runway at Manistee County/Blacker?

5,501 feet long and 100 feet wide, designated 10/28. It is the dominant near horizontal line in the composition.

Where is MBL, and what does the code stand for?

MBL is the identifier for Manistee County/Blacker in Manistee, Michigan, three nautical miles northeast of the city's central business district. The field sits at 44.2725 N, 86.2469 W, at an elevation of 621 feet.

How closely does the print follow the published layout?

The runway lengths, widths, orientations and crossing point are plotted from published airport information for MBL, so the geometry on the wall is the geometry pilots fly. It is a print, not a chart: fine details may be simplified or omitted, and it carries no navigational use.

What sizes can I order?

Several standard sizes are offered, printed to order, in the colorway you choose. The wide horizontal reach of runway 10/28 rewards a larger size if you have the wall for it.

Does this work as a gift?

Yes, especially for anyone with a Manistee connection: pilots based on the field, families who fly in and out of Michigan's Lake Michigan shoreline towns, or someone who learned to land on a 2,721 foot crosswind strip. Made to order and shipped free within the US.