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Blackhawk Airfield

43.10490°N
-89.18550°W
ARR / DAY
0
86.7%
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 KETB, 58 mi away (K87Y does not publish METAR)

37m ago
Temp
88°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KETB 261935Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT033 SCT043 31/25 A2988 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

09
50% of ops
176 land · 107 TO
27
24% of ops
85 land · 68 TO
22
23% of ops
81 land · 16 TO
04
3% of ops
11 land · 41 TO
Runway 09 carries 50% of operations (176 landings, 107 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 24%.

Approach quality

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

09 176 landings
UA 12%
27 85 landings
UA 18%
22 81 landings
UA 25%
04 11 landings
UA 36%
Approaches to 09 show a 12% unstable-approach rate (21 UA events from 176 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
2.8
flights/day · 85 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 5pm · 7pm
Day vs night
61%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–7pm local, averaging 2.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 2.6× weekday (5.2 vs 2.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (24% of 84 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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