Welke Airport
{{Short description|Airport in Michigan, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Welke Airport
| image =
| IATA =
| ICAO =
| FAA = 6Y8
| type = Public
| owner = Paul Welke
| operator =
| city-served = Beaver Island, Michigan
| location =
| elevation-f = 664
| website =
| coordinates = {{coord|45|43|16|N|085|31|13|W|region:US-MI_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = USA Michigan
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Michigan
| pushpin_label = 6Y8
| pushpin_label_position = right
| r1-number = 9/27
| r1-length-f = 2,512
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| r2-number = 17/35
| r2-length-f = 3,500
| r2-surface = Turf
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations (2019)
| stat1-data = 13,000
| stat2-header = Based aircraft (2019)
| stat2-data = 19
| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=6Y8|use=PU|own=PR|site=09555.1*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. effective December 30, 2021.
}}
Welke Airport {{airport codes|||6Y8}} is a privately-owned, public use airport located on Beaver Island in Charlevoix County, Michigan, United States. 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,
{{cite web
| url = http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy08_all_enplanements.pdf
| title = Enplanements for CY 2008 | format = PDF, 1.0 MB
| work = CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data
| publisher = Federal Aviation Administration | date = December 18, 2009
}}
11,976 enplanements in 2009, and 13,558 in 2010.
{{cite web
| url = http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy10_all_enplanements.pdf
| title = Enplanements for CY 2010 | format = PDF, 189 KB
| work = CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data
| publisher = Federal Aviation Administration | date = October 4, 2011
}}
Facilities and aircraft
Welke Airport covers an area of {{convert|200|acre|ha}} at an elevation of {{convert|664|feet|m|0}} above mean sea level. It has two runways: 9/27 is {{convert|2,512|x|30|feet|m|0}} with an asphalt surface and 17/35 is {{convert|3,500|x|140|feet|m|0}} with a turf surface.
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.{{Cite web |title=AirNav: 6Y8 — Welke Airport|url=https://www.airnav.com/airport/6Y8|access-date=2023-01-19| website=AirNav.com}}
Island Airways operates an FBO at the airport. It offers services such as general maintenance, hangars, and courtesy cars.{{Cite web |title=Island Airways|url=https://flightaware.com/resources/airport/6Y8/services/FBO/Island_Airways|access-date=2022-11-13 | website=FlightAware}}
Airlines and destinations
=Passenger=
{{Unreferenced section|date=January 2022}}
{{Airport destination list
| Island Airways | Charlevoix
Charter: Mackinac Island
}}
Accidents and incidents
- 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.{{Cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=133081|title=Accident Grumman American AA-5 Traveler N9528L, 01 Sep 1995}}
- 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.{{Cite web |title=NTSB releases preliminary findings in Beaver Island plane crash|url=https://upnorthlive.com/news/local/ntsb-releases-preliminary-findings-in-beaver-island-plane-crash|access-date=2023-01-19| website=Up North Live}}
See also
References
External links
- [http://www.islandairways.com/ Island Airways]
- {{cite web|url= http://www.michigan.gov/documents/6Y8_18273_7.pdf |title=Welke Airport (6Y8) }} {{small|(37.4 KB)}} at Michigan Airport Directory
- [http://msrmaps.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=11&lat=45.7201&lon=-85.5185&w=650&h=950&lp=---+None+--- Aerial image as of May 1999] from USGS The National Map
{{US-airport-minor|6Y8}}
Category:Buildings and structures in Charlevoix County, Michigan