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Blackhawk Airfield

43.10490°N
-89.18550°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

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)

23m ago
Temp
92°F
Wind
6 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KMSN 271653Z VRB06KT 10SM FEW025 BKN085 BKN250 33/26 A2966 RMK AO2 SLP034 T03330256

Runway intelligence

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

09
45% of ops
139 land · 81 TO
27
27% of ops
82 land · 57 TO
22
25% of ops
78 land · 16 TO
04
3% of ops
8 land · 34 TO
Runway 09 carries 45% of operations (139 landings, 81 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 27%.

Approach quality

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

09 139 landings
UA 13%
27 82 landings
UA 18%
22 78 landings
UA 26%
04 8 landings
UA 50%
Approaches to 09 show a 13% unstable-approach rate (18 UA events from 139 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
2.6
flights/day · 79 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 5pm · 7pm
Day vs night
58%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–7pm local, averaging 2.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 2.2× weekday (4.5 vs 2.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (25% of 79 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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