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Wickenheiser Airport

42.01810°N
-83.37720°W
ARR / DAY
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DEP / DAY
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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.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

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

Current weather

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

42m ago
Temp
71°F
Wind
7 kts
210°
Visib
4828 m
Ceil
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KDTW 041153Z 21007KT 3SM -TSRA BR SCT007 BKN045CB OVC130 22/21 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP158 FRQ LTGIC ALQDS TS ALQDS MOV SE P0005 60006 70085 T02170206 10217 20211 53010

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
32% of ops
16 land · 9 TO
36
26% of ops
13 land · 0 TO
09
24% of ops
12 land · 12 TO
27
18% of ops
9 land · 1 TO
Runway 18 carries 32% of operations (16 landings, 9 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 26%.

Approach quality

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

18 16 landings
UA 0%
36 13 landings
UA 15%
09 12 landings
UA 17%
27 9 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 18 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 16 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
6.7
flights/day · 200 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 2pm · 1pm
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–8pm local, averaging 6.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (5.2 vs 7.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

9 · 17%
9 · 17%
8 · 15%
5 · 9%
3 · 6%
3 · 6%
Activity is led by (17% of 54 flights). Top three types: , , .

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

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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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