6Y8 Welke Airport
Beaver Island, MI · 2 miles S of BEAVER ISLAND, MI
Public
Non-towered
Privately-owned
Live ATC
Current weather
Forecast (TAF)
Unicom
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 664.0 ft
- Coordinates
- 45-43-16.6534N 085-31-11.0144W
- Lat / Long
- 45.7212926, -85.5197262
- Mag. variation
- 05W (1985)
- Time zone
- UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 12/1968
- ARTCC
- MINNEAPOLIS CENTER
- FSS
- LANSING FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- LAN (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- CONTINUOUS
- Wind indicator
- yes
- Segmented circle
- yes
Airport location no published diagram
Range from 6Y8
Runways
Longest 3,500 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
Waiting for current wind…
- Dimensions
- 2512 x 30 ft. / 766 x 9 m
- Surface
- asphalt, in fair condition
Runway 9
- Heading
- 094 magnetic, 089 true
- Markings
- basic, in fair condition
- Displaced threshold
- 490 ft.
- REIL
- no
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 652.0 ft.
- Obstructions
- 44 ft. trees, 200 ft. from runway, 125 ft. left and right of centerline
Runway 27
- Heading
- 274 magnetic, 269 true
- Markings
- basic, in fair condition
- Displaced threshold
- 240 ft.
- REIL
- no
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 659.0 ft.
- Obstructions
- 15 FT ROAD, 160 FT DIST, 125 FT L/R.
- Dimensions
- 3500 x 140 ft. / 1067 x 43 m
- Surface
- turf, in poor condition ROUGH ROLLING TRRN WITH BARE SPOTS & LOOSE STONES.
Runway 17
- Heading
- 178 magnetic, 173 true
- Displaced threshold
- 200 ft.
- REIL
- no
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 654.0 ft.
- Obstructions
- 5 ft. brush, 125 ft. left of centerline
Runway 35
- Heading
- 358 magnetic, 353 true
- Displaced threshold
- 1305 ft.
- REIL
- no
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 658.0 ft.
- Obstructions
- CTLG OBSTN EXCEEDS A 45 DEG SLP. APCH SLP 10:1 TO DTHR OVR +30 FT TREE, 309 FT DIST, 125 FT R.
Communications
- Control Tower
- No
Services
- Parking
- hangars and tiedowns
- Airframe service
- MAJOR
- Powerplant service
- MAJOR
- Bottled oxygen
- NONE
- Bulk oxygen
- NONE
Ownership
- Owner
- PAUL WELKE PO BOX 112 BEAVER ISLAND, MI 49782-0112 Phone 231-448-2071
- Manager phone
- 231-675-5297
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.
