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Empire / William B Bolton Airport

44.79140°N
-86.00321°W
ARR / DAY
2
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

Empire / William B Bolton Airport (Y87) is a small general aviation airport located in Empire, MI, 101 mi east of Green Bay. It features 2 runways with the longest being 2,600 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KTVC, 21 mi away (Y87 does not publish METAR)

20m ago
Temp
68°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KTVC 030153Z 00000KT 10SM FEW075 FEW250 20/19 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP123 LAST T02000189

Runway intelligence

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

35
42% of ops
20 land · 0 TO
09
38% of ops
18 land · 1 TO
27
15% of ops
7 land · 0 TO
17
6% of ops
3 land · 0 TO
Runway 35 carries 42% of operations (20 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 09 at 38%.

Approach quality

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

35 20 landings
UA 0%
09 18 landings
UA 0%
27 7 landings
UA 0%
17 3 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 35 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 20 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
1.3
flights/day · 38 total
Busy hour (local)
9pm
also 12am · 3pm
Day vs night
42%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–9pm local, averaging 1.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.1× weekday (0.2 vs 1.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (24% of 37 flights). Top three types: , , .
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