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Wickenheiser Airport

42.01810°N
-83.37720°W
ARR / DAY
1
▼ 14.3%
DEP / DAY
1
▼ 37.5%

Wickenheiser Airport (W87) is a small general aviation airport located in Carleton, MI, 26 mi south east of Ann Arbor. It features 2 runways with the longest being 2,575 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 1 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
1
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Return to field
0

Current weather

From KJXN, 58 mi away (W87 does not publish METAR)

1h ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
4 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KJXN 122256Z VRB04KT 10SM OVC019 23/20 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP098 T02280200

Runways

2 installed

2,575 FT MAX
09/27
1,920 ft × 60
TURF-G○ unlit
18/36
2,575 ft × 60
TURF-G○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

36
35% of ops
20 land · 5 TO
27
25% of ops
14 land · 33 TO
09
25% of ops
14 land · 2 TO
18
16% of ops
9 land · 4 TO
Runway 36 carries 35% of operations (20 landings, 5 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 25%.

Approach quality

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

36 20 landings
UA 5%
27 14 landings
UA 21%
09 14 landings
UA 7%
18 9 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 36 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 20 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
5.1
flights/day · 153 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 12pm · 4pm
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–4pm local, averaging 5.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (5.1 vs 5.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

6 · 10%
5 · 8%
5 · 8%
5 · 8%
5 · 8%
4 · 6%
Activity is led by (10% of 62 flights). Top three types: , , .

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

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Anonymous
8/19/2009
Hey....Wickenheiser Airport...love it!
Wickenheiser Airport..Tell me more about your Airport..and how it came to be.. drop me a note. Todd Wickenheiser, Golden B.C. Canada.
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