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K87Y ·

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

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

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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