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Wickenheiser Airport

42.01810°N
-83.37720°W
ARR / DAY
1
▼ 16.7%
DEP / DAY
1
▼ 45.5%

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.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

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

27m ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
11 kts
280°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KDTW 242253Z 28011KT 10SM FEW045 BKN065 23/12 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP162 T02280122 $

Runways

2 installed

2,575 FT MAX
09/27
1,920 ft × 60
TURF-G○ unlit
18/36
2,575 ft × 60
TURF-G○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

18
31% of ops
9 land · 5 TO
36
28% of ops
8 land · 1 TO
09
24% of ops
7 land · 3 TO
27
17% of ops
5 land · 1 TO
Runway 18 carries 31% of operations (9 landings, 5 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 28%.

Approach quality

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

18 9 landings
UA 0%
36 8 landings
UA 12%
09 7 landings
UA 14%
27 5 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 18 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 9 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
4.9
flights/day · 147 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 8pm · 9pm
Day vs night
59%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–9pm local, averaging 4.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (4.9 vs 5.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

8 · 17%
7 · 15%
6 · 12%
4 · 8%
3 · 6%
3 · 6%
Activity is led by (17% of 48 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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