Flight Schedule:
Our regular summer tour schedule has been discontinued at this time. There will be air tours available by special appearance sometimes during the summer and for Fall Color Tours. Stop by the field or call if you are in the area and want a tour.

With over 15 years of experience and 5,000+ satisfied customers since 1993, Mark will be your guide on this breathtaking adventure on the most memorable Pictured Rock Tour you can take. You will see spectacular aerial views of the mineral stained sandstone cliffs rising dramatically from Lake Superior, lighthouses, waterfalls and shipwrecks.

Skylane Tours offers a state of the art airplane, a Cessna 182, designed for optimum viewing and photographic opportunities *Three different tours. *Easy access to airport. *Personal service. *Enjoyable high tech air tours. *Flights from spring through the fall color season with breathtaking views of the changing leaves.

Tour #1 - Grand Island (25-30 minute tour) Five Lake Superior Lighthouses, including both Grand Island Lighthouses, one being the highest in the world above sea level. Underwater Shipwrecks, Beaver Lake, Bay Furnace and more. Flight is $120 total price, as little as $40 per person for three people. *

Tour #2 - Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore tour is no longer available due to Federal Regulations.

Tour #3 -Grand Island Deluxe (50 minutes) See everything in Tour #1, plus Williams and Wood Islands, AuTrain Basin, Chains of Inland Lakes, Bay Furnace and much more. $180.00 total price.

Fifth seat is available for $30, so that a group of 4 can go at one time. The capacity of the Cessna 182 is the Pilot, 3 adults + one child.

Tours #1, #2, and #3 take you over the Grand Island North Lighthouse, (Old North Light) on the north side of Grand Island, built in 1867. This is the only way to see this historic light, the world's highest light above sea level. The 2 story Keepers dwelling, built in 1867, is now a private residence. The Old North Light, standing tall on a 175 foot cliff, had a 4th order fresnel lens which shone out over Lake Superior for up to 15 nautical miles. This lighthouse is on the National Register of Historic Places. It was deactivated and automated in 1961.

Flight time is from engine start to shutdown. No camcorders please, due to instrument and radio interference and pilot distraction. Your cameras are welcome.

Take advantage of today's higher technology and treat yourself and your family to an air tour of the famous National Pictured Rocks along the beautiful Lake Superior shoreline from the seat of a Cessna 182 airplane.

Special tours available on request.
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Systems checked before every flight. This meticulously maintained aircraft undergoes a thorough air frame and engine inspection every 100 hours as required by the FAA.

Tour flights leave daily from Hanley Field outside of Munising, between spring and fall colors (weather permitting). From Munising, take M-28 east for 3 miles, turn right at the Super 8 Motel, taking Federal Highway 13 south for 2 miles to Hanley Field.

Mail check or money order to:
Skylane Air Tours
P.O. Box 544
Munising, MI 49862

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