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K87Y ·
Blackhawk Airfield
43.10490°N
-89.18550°W
ARR / DAY
5
▲
28.0%
DEP / DAY
1
▲
28.6%
Blackhawk Airfield (K87Y) is a small general aviation airport located in Madison, WI. It features 2 runways with the longest being 2,814 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 5 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
From KMSN, 8 mi away (K87Y does not publish METAR)
Temp
32°F
Wind
9 kts
200°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
09
38% of ops
49 land · 28 TO
27
28% of ops
36 land · 17 TO
22
24% of ops
31 land · 6 TO
04
10% of ops
13 land · 8 TO
Runway 09 carries 38% of operations (49 landings, 28 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 28%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
09
49 landings
UA 20%
27
36 landings
UA 25%
22
31 landings
UA 19%
04
13 landings
UA 15%
Approaches to 09 show a 20% unstable-approach rate (10 UA events from 49 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
4.1
flights/day · 123 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 9pm · 12am
Day vs night
59%
06:00–20:00 local
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
Hourly traffic
Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days
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