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Blackhawk Airfield

43.10490°N
-89.18550°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

Blackhawk Airfield (K87Y) is a small general aviation airport located in Madison, WI. It features 2 runways with the longest being 2,814 feet.

Current weather

From KUES, 48 mi away (K87Y does not publish METAR)

just now
Temp
82°F
Wind
5 kts
230°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KUES 312345Z 23005KT 10SM CLR 28/23 A2990

Runway intelligence

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

09
39% of ops
67 land · 30 TO
27
31% of ops
53 land · 36 TO
22
22% of ops
38 land · 15 TO
04
7% of ops
12 land · 21 TO
Runway 09 carries 39% of operations (67 landings, 30 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 31%.

Approach quality

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

09 67 landings
UA 16%
27 53 landings
UA 19%
22 38 landings
UA 16%
04 12 landings
UA 17%
Approaches to 09 show a 16% unstable-approach rate (11 UA events from 67 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
4.0
flights/day · 121 total
Busy hour (local)
12am
also 8pm · 6pm
Day vs night
46%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–6pm local, averaging 4.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (3.6 vs 4.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (29% of 112 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.700
APCH 120.100
APCH 343.700
UNICOM 122.700
LONE ROC 133.300
OTHER 133.300
LONE ROC 257.925
OTHER 257.925
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Elevation:
920 ft
Mag var:
3° W

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 14:13 UTC