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Empire / William B Bolton Airport

44.79140°N
-86.00321°W
ARR / DAY
0
71.4%
DEP / DAY
0
0.0%

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.

Current weather

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

44m ago
Temp
62°F
Wind
3 kts
160°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KTVC 290353Z AUTO 16003KT 10SM CLR 17/14 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP186 T01670144

Runway intelligence

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

27
33% of ops
10 land · 0 TO
09
30% of ops
9 land · 0 TO
35
30% of ops
9 land · 0 TO
17
7% of ops
2 land · 0 TO
Runway 27 carries 33% of operations (10 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 09 at 30%.

Approach quality

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

27 10 landings
UA 0%
09 9 landings
UA 0%
35 9 landings
UA 0%
17 2 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 27 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 10 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 · 31 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 7pm · 12am
Day vs night
55%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–2pm local, averaging 1.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (0.8 vs 1.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (19% of 31 flights). Top three types: , , .
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