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Empire / William B Bolton Airport

44.79140°N
-86.00321°W
ARR / DAY
0
▼ 94.1%
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.

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

35
45% of ops
13 land · 0 TO
27
41% of ops
12 land · 0 TO
09
14% of ops
4 land · 0 TO
Runway 35 carries 45% of operations (13 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 41%.

Approach quality

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

35 13 landings
UA 0%
27 12 landings
UA 0%
09 4 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 35 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 13 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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