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K87Y ·
Blackhawk Airfield
43.10490°N
-89.18550°W
ARR / DAY
3
▲
4.5%
DEP / DAY
2
▲
8.3%
Blackhawk Airfield (K87Y) is a small general aviation airport located in Madison, WI. It features 2 runways with the longest being 2,814 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 1 total
Current weather
From KUES, 48 mi away (K87Y does not publish METAR)
Temp
82°F
Wind
5 kts
230°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
09
41% of ops
53 land · 18 TO
27
35% of ops
45 land · 32 TO
22
16% of ops
20 land · 8 TO
04
8% of ops
10 land · 18 TO
Runway 09 carries 41% of operations (53 landings, 18 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 35%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
09
53 landings
UA 32%
27
45 landings
UA 18%
22
20 landings
UA 30%
04
10 landings
UA 10%
Approaches to 09 show a 32% unstable-approach rate (17 UA events from 53 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
4.3
flights/day · 129 total
Busy hour (local)
12am
also 8pm · 6pm
Day vs night
48%
06:00–20:00 local
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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Updated 18:58 UTC