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Wickenheiser Airport

42.01810°N
-83.37720°W
ARR / DAY
1
300.0%
DEP / DAY
1
14.3%

Wickenheiser Airport (W87) is a small general aviation airport located in Carleton, MI, 26 mi south east of Ann Arbor. It features 2 runways with the longest being 2,575 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KDTW, 13 mi away (W87 does not publish METAR)

31m ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
4 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KDTW 281553Z VRB04KT 10SM CLR 24/11 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP218 T02390106

Runway intelligence

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

18
33% of ops
10 land · 6 TO
36
23% of ops
7 land · 1 TO
09
23% of ops
7 land · 5 TO
27
20% of ops
6 land · 1 TO
Runway 18 carries 33% of operations (10 landings, 6 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 23%.

Approach quality

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

18 10 landings
UA 0%
36 7 landings
UA 14%
09 7 landings
UA 14%
27 6 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 18 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
5.3
flights/day · 160 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 9pm · 5pm
Day vs night
60%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–5pm local, averaging 5.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (4.4 vs 6.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (15% of 55 flights). Top three types: , , .

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Anonymous
08/19/2009
Hey....Wickenheiser Airport...love it!
Wickenheiser Airport..Tell me more about your Airport..and how it came to be.. drop me a note. Todd Wickenheiser, Golden B.C. Canada.
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