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Welke Airport satellite view
📍 Beaver Island⬆ 664 ft2 runways
6Y8 ·

Welke Airport

45.72120°N
-85.52030°W
ARR / DAY
1
0.0%
DEP / DAY
1
60.0%

Welke Airport (6Y8) is a small general aviation airport located in Beaver Island, MI, 148 mi north east of Green Bay. It features 2 runways with the longest being 3,500 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

17
43% of ops
13 land · 0 TO
09
37% of ops
11 land · 7 TO
27
20% of ops
6 land · 0 TO
35
0% of ops
0 land · 1 TO
Runway 17 carries 43% of operations (13 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 09 at 37%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

17 13 landings
UA 0%
09 11 landings
UA 0%
27 6 landings
UA 0%
35 0 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 17 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 13 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
1.0
flights/day · 30 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4pm · 2pm
Day vs night
60%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 1.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 2.3× weekday (1.8 vs 0.8 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (18% of 28 flights). Top three types: , , .
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