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Empire / William B Bolton Airport

44.79140°N
-86.00321°W
ARR / DAY
1
16.7%
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. 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

35
44% of ops
12 land · 0 TO
09
33% of ops
9 land · 0 TO
27
15% of ops
4 land · 0 TO
17
7% of ops
2 land · 0 TO
Runway 35 carries 44% of operations (12 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 09 at 33%.

Approach quality

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

35 12 landings
UA 0%
09 9 landings
UA 0%
27 4 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
0.9
flights/day · 28 total
Busy hour (local)
12am
also 7pm · 2pm
Day vs night
50%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–2pm local, averaging 0.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.1× weekday (0.1 vs 1.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (21% of 28 flights). Top three types: , , .
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