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
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: 6Y8
Summary
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
Map
6Y8 Location of airport in Michigan Show map of Michigan 6Y8 6Y8 (the United States) Show map of the United States
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
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

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]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

This section does not cite any sources. (January 2022)

Accidents and incidents

• On September 1, 1995, a pilot and his passenger sustained minor injury after a Grumman AA-5, registration #N952BL, belonging to a small airline named Conrad Aero, crashed during go-around, attempting to land at Welke Airport. The airplane impacted terrain as it tried to land and was destroyed.[4]
• 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.

References

External links

• 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