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Empire / William B Bolton Airport

44.79140°N
-86.00321°W
ARR / DAY
1
200.0%
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 1 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)

41m ago
Temp
64°F
Wind
13 kts
330°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KTVC 232153Z 33013G24KT 10SM SCT040 BKN049 BKN055 18/09 A2995 RMK AO2 PK WND 32028/2126 SLP141 T01780089

Runway intelligence

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

35
39% of ops
12 land · 0 TO
27
29% of ops
9 land · 0 TO
09
26% of ops
8 land · 0 TO
17
6% of ops
2 land · 0 TO
Runway 35 carries 39% of operations (12 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 29%.

Approach quality

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

35 12 landings
UA 0%
27 9 landings
UA 0%
09 8 landings
UA 0%
17 2 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 35 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 12 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
1.0
flights/day · 30 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 7pm · 12am
Day vs night
60%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–2pm local, averaging 1.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (0.9 vs 1.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (20% of 30 flights). Top three types: , , .
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