Welke Airport

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Welke Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerPaul Welke
Serves Beaver Island, Michigan
Elevation  AMSL 664 ft / 202 m
Coordinates 45°43′16″N085°31′13″W / 45.72111°N 85.52028°W / 45.72111; -85.52028
Map
USA Michigan location map.svg
Airplane silhouette.svg
6Y8
Location of airport in Michigan
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
9/272,512766Asphalt
17/353,5001,067Turf
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2019)13,000
Based aircraft (2019)19

Welke Airport( FAA LID : 6Y8) is a privately-owned, public use airport located on Beaver Island in Charlevoix County, Michigan, United States. [1] Scheduled passenger service to Charlevoix Municipal Airport in Charlevoix, Michigan, is provided by Island Airways.

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As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 16,542 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, [2] 11,976 enplanements in 2009, and 13,558 in 2010. [3]

Facilities and aircraft

Welke Airport covers an area of 200 acres (81 ha) at an elevation of 664 feet (202 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 9/27 is 2,512 by 30 feet (766 m × 9 m) with an asphalt surface and 17/35 is 3,500 by 140 feet (1,067 m × 43 m) with a turf surface. [1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2019, the airport had 13,000 aircraft operations, an average of 36 per day: 42% general aviation and 58% air taxi. At that time there were 19 aircraft based at this airport: 12 single-engine, 6 multi-engine and 1 helicopter. [1] [4]

Island Airways operates an FBO at the airport. It offers services such as general maintenance, hangars, and courtesy cars. [5]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Island Airways Charlevoix
Charter: Mackinac Island

Accidents and incidents

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Form 5010 for 6Y8 PDF . Federal Aviation Administration. effective December 30, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
  4. ↑ "AirNav: 6Y8 — Welke Airport". AirNav.com. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
  5. ↑ "Island Airways". FlightAware. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  6. ↑ "Accident Grumman American AA-5 Traveler N9528L, 01 Sep 1995".
  7. ↑ "NTSB releases preliminary findings in Beaver Island plane crash". Up North Live. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
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