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Empire / William B Bolton Airport

44.79140°N
-86.00321°W
ARR / DAY
1
25.0%
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 KMBL, 38 mi away (Y87 does not publish METAR)

just now
Temp
79°F
Wind
3 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KMBL 312356Z AUTO VRB03KT 8SM CLR 26/21 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP113 T02610206 10294 20261 53003

Runway intelligence

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

27
33% of ops
15 land · 0 TO
35
31% of ops
14 land · 0 TO
09
29% of ops
13 land · 1 TO
17
7% of ops
3 land · 0 TO
Runway 27 carries 33% of operations (15 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35 at 31%.

Approach quality

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

27 15 landings
UA 0%
35 14 landings
UA 0%
09 13 landings
UA 0%
17 3 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 27 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 15 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
1.4
flights/day · 41 total
Busy hour (local)
9pm
also 12am · 3pm
Day vs night
41%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–9pm local, averaging 1.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (0.6 vs 1.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (38% of 40 flights). Top three types: , , .
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