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Welke Airport

45.72120°N
-85.52030°W
ARR / DAY
1
0.0%
DEP / DAY
2
100.0%

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 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

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

48m ago
Temp
57°F
Wind
3 kts
20°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KMGN 070655Z AUTO 02003KT 10SM CLR 14/11 A3018 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

27
48% of ops
10 land · 1 TO
17
29% of ops
6 land · 3 TO
35
14% of ops
3 land · 0 TO
09
10% of ops
2 land · 4 TO
Runway 27 carries 48% of operations (10 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 29%.

Approach quality

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

27 10 landings
UA 0%
17 6 landings
UA 0%
35 3 landings
UA 0%
09 2 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 27 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 10 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
1.4
flights/day · 41 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 3pm · 5pm
Day vs night
83%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 1.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (1.6 vs 1.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (13% of 39 flights). Top three types: , , .
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