Welke Airport

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.

Welke Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerPaul Welke
ServesBeaver Island, Michigan
Elevation AMSL664 ft / 202 m
Coordinates45°43′16″N 085°31′13″W
Map
6Y8 is located in Michigan
6Y8
6Y8
Location of airport in Michigan
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9/27 2,512 766 Asphalt
17/35 3,500 1,067 Turf
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2019)13,000
Based aircraft (2019)19

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
  • 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]

References
  1. 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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