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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.

Current weather

From KCIU, 62 mi away (6Y8 does not publish METAR)

26m ago
Temp
70°F
Wind
6 kts
300°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KCIU 271556Z AUTO 30006KT 7SM OVC003 21/21 A2973 RMK AO2 SLP064 T02110206 $

Runway intelligence

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

35
44% of ops
20 land · 3 TO
27
29% of ops
13 land · 0 TO
09
20% of ops
9 land · 13 TO
17
7% of ops
3 land · 0 TO
Runway 35 carries 44% of operations (20 landings, 3 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 29%.

Approach quality

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

35 20 landings
UA 0%
27 13 landings
UA 0%
09 9 landings
UA 0%
17 3 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 35 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 20 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 · 31 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4pm · 11pm
Day vs night
68%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–11pm local, averaging 1.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.9× weekday (1.6 vs 0.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (14% of 29 flights). Top three types: , , .
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