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Blackhawk Airfield

43.10490°N
-89.18550°W
ARR / DAY
0
0.0%
DEP / DAY
0
0.0%

Blackhawk Airfield (K87Y) is a small general aviation airport located in Madison, WI. It features 2 runways with the longest being 2,814 feet.

Current weather

From KMSN, 8 mi away (K87Y does not publish METAR)

57m ago
Temp
82°F
Wind
3 kts
120°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KMSN 280053Z 12003KT 10SM FEW039 FEW075 FEW250 28/23 A2964 RMK AO2 SLP027 CB DSNT SE MOV SE TCU DSNT E AND SE-S T02780233

Runway intelligence

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

09
33% of ops
83 land · 39 TO
27
32% of ops
79 land · 49 TO
22
31% of ops
78 land · 16 TO
04
3% of ops
8 land · 27 TO
Runway 09 carries 33% of operations (83 landings, 39 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 32%.

Approach quality

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

09 83 landings
UA 18%
27 79 landings
UA 19%
22 78 landings
UA 26%
04 8 landings
UA 50%
Approaches to 09 show a 18% unstable-approach rate (15 UA events from 83 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
2.4
flights/day · 72 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 5pm · 9pm
Day vs night
57%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–9pm local, averaging 2.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.8× weekday (3.6 vs 2.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (26% of 72 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.700
APCH 120.100
APCH 343.700
UNICOM 122.700
LONE ROC 133.300
OTHER 133.300
LONE ROC 257.925
OTHER 257.925
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Elevation:
920 ft
Mag var:
3° W
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