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Welke Airport

45.72120°N
-85.52030°W
ARR / DAY
0
▼ 100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
▼ 100.0%

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.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

From KPLN, 36 mi away (6Y8 does not publish METAR)

51m ago
Temp
83°F
Wind
8 kts
110°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KPLN 152254Z AUTO 11008KT 10SM CLR 28/13 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP181 T02830128

Runways

2 installed

3,500 FT MAX
09/27
2,512 ft × 30
ASPH-G● LIT
17/35
3,500 ft × 140
TURF-F○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

17
44% of ops
18 land · 2 TO
27
39% of ops
16 land · 0 TO
09
12% of ops
5 land · 0 TO
35
5% of ops
2 land · 2 TO
Runway 17 carries 44% of operations (18 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 39%.

Approach quality

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

17 18 landings
UA 0%
27 16 landings
UA 0%
09 5 landings
UA 0%
35 2 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 17 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 18 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
1.9
flights/day · 56 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 5pm · 6pm
Day vs night
75%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–6pm local, averaging 1.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (2.0 vs 1.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

10 · 19%
7 · 13%
3 · 6%
3 · 6%
3 · 6%
3 · 6%
Activity is led by (19% of 52 flights). Top three types: , , .
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