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Empire / William B Bolton Airport

44.79140°N
-86.00321°W
ARR / DAY
0
▼ 100.0%
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.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

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

17m ago
Temp
61°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KTVC 030853Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/16 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP133 T01610156 50002

Runways

2 installed

2,600 FT MAX
09/27
2,235 ft × 150
TURF-F○ unlit
17/35
2,600 ft × 50
ASPH-P● LIT

Runway intelligence

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

35
42% of ops
18 land · 0 TO
09
35% of ops
15 land · 1 TO
27
16% of ops
7 land · 0 TO
17
7% of ops
3 land · 0 TO
Runway 35 carries 42% of operations (18 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 09 at 35%.

Approach quality

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

35 18 landings
UA 0%
09 15 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 18 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

9 · 24%
5 · 14%
3 · 8%
2 · 5%
2 · 5%
2 · 5%
Activity is led by (24% of 37 flights). Top three types: , , .
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