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Wickenheiser Airport

42.01810°N
-83.37720°W
ARR / DAY
1
▼ 40.0%
DEP / DAY
1
▲ 25.0%

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)

46m ago
Temp
96°F
Wind
14 kts
220°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KDTW 021853Z 22014G22KT 10SM FEW050 SCT110 BKN250 36/21 A2994 RMK AO2 PK WND 22026/1841 SLP132 CB DSNT NE MOV E T03560211

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

36
28% of ops
11 land · 0 TO
18
28% of ops
11 land · 7 TO
09
26% of ops
10 land · 9 TO
27
18% of ops
7 land · 1 TO
Runway 36 carries 28% of operations (11 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 28%.

Approach quality

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

36 11 landings
UA 9%
18 11 landings
UA 0%
09 10 landings
UA 10%
27 7 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 36 show a 9% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 11 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)
2pm
also 8pm · 9pm
Day vs night
61%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–9pm 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

11 · 17%
11 · 17%
8 · 12%
6 · 9%
4 · 6%
3 · 5%
Activity is led by (17% of 64 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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