Welke Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Paul Welke | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Beaver Island, Michigan | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 664 ft / 202 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°43′16″N 085°31′13″W / 45.72111°N 85.52028°W | ||||||||||||||
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  6Y8 Location of airport in Michigan | |||||||||||||||
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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.
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[edit]
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[edit]
Passenger[edit]
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| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Island Airways | Charlevoix Charter: Mackinac Island |
Accidents and incidents[edit]
- On September 1, 1995, a pilot and his passenger sustained minor injury after a Grumman AA-5 belonging to a small airline named Conrad Aero crashed during an attempted go-around at Welke Airport. The airplane impacted terrain and was destroyed.[6]
- On November 14, 2021, a Britten-Norman BN-2A operated by Island Airways, crashed at Welke, killing four of the five passengers aboard. The only survivor, an 11-year-old girl, was taken to a hospital in Petoskey.[7]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for 6Y8 PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective December 30, 2021.
- ^ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
- ^ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
- ^ "AirNav: 6Y8 — Welke Airport". AirNav.com. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- ^ "Island Airways". FlightAware. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
- ^ "Accident Grumman American AA-5 Traveler N9528L, 01 Sep 1995".
- ^ "NTSB releases preliminary findings in Beaver Island plane crash". Up North Live. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
External links[edit]
- Island Airways
- "Welke Airport (6Y8)" (PDF). (37.4 KB) at Michigan Airport Directory
- Aerial image as of May 1999 from USGS The National Map
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for 6Y8
- AirNav airport information for 6Y8
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for 6Y8