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Welke Airport satellite view
📍 Beaver Island⬆ 664 ft2 runways
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Welke Airport

45.72120°N
-85.52030°W
ARR / DAY
0
33.3%
DEP / DAY
1
0.0%

Welke Airport (6Y8) is a small general aviation airport located in Beaver Island, MI, 148 mi north east of Green Bay. It features 2 runways with the longest being 3,500 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 0 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KPLN, 36 mi away (6Y8 does not publish METAR)

48m ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
7 kts
270°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KPLN 172054Z AUTO 27007KT 10SM FEW037 SCT070 24/13 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP149 T02390133 58008

Runway intelligence

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

17
47% of ops
20 land · 2 TO
27
37% of ops
16 land · 0 TO
09
12% of ops
5 land · 0 TO
35
5% of ops
2 land · 2 TO
Runway 17 carries 47% of operations (20 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 37%.

Approach quality

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

17 20 landings
UA 0%
27 16 landings
UA 0%
09 5 landings
UA 0%
35 2 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 17 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 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
2.0
flights/day · 60 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 6pm · 5pm
Day vs night
77%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 2.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (2.5 vs 1.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (21% of 53 flights). Top three types: , , .
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