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Empire / William B Bolton Airport

44.79140°N
-86.00321°W
ARR / DAY
1
▼ 41.7%
DEP / DAY
0
▲ 0.0%

Empire / William B Bolton Airport (Y87) is a small general aviation airport located in Empire, MI, 101 mi east of Green Bay. It features 2 runways with the longest being 2,600 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

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

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

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Runways

2 installed

2,600 FT MAX
09/27
2,275 ft × 150
TURF-F○ unlit
17/35
2,600 ft × 50
ASPH-P● LIT

Runway intelligence

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

27
47% of ops
17 land · 0 TO
35
42% of ops
15 land · 0 TO
09
11% of ops
4 land · 0 TO
Runway 27 carries 47% of operations (17 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35 at 42%.

Approach quality

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

27 17 landings
UA 0%
35 15 landings
UA 0%
09 4 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 27 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 17 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
0.8
flights/day · 25 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 7pm · 4pm
Day vs night
68%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–4pm local, averaging 0.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (0.8 vs 0.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

6 · 24%
4 · 16%
2 · 8%
2 · 8%
1 · 4%
1 · 4%
Activity is led by (24% of 25 flights). Top three types: , , .
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