Welke Airport
6Y8 · Beaver Island, Michigan · Charlevoix County · map
Welke Airport is a public-use airport, 2 miles south of Beaver Island, Michigan, 664 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 3,500 feet of grass.
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What is the airport code for Welke Airport?
Its FAA code is 6Y8.
Where is Welke Airport?
It is 2 miles south of Beaver Island, Michigan, 664 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Welke Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 17/35, is 3,500 feet long.
Does Welke Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Welke Airport?
1 aviation medical examiner work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Welke Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 6Y8
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 664 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1968
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 3,500 × 140 ft | Grass, poor | |
| 09/27 | 2,512 × 30 ft | Asphalt, fair |
- Runway 17: threshold displaced 200 ft, brush on the approach
- Runway 35: threshold displaced 1,305 ft, trees on the approach
- Runway 09: threshold displaced 490 ft, trees 44 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 27: threshold displaced 240 ft, road 15 ft high 200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- charter flights
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Charlevoix Municipal (27 nm south), Harbor Springs Airport (31 nm southeast), Schoolcraft County (31 nm northwest), Pellston Rgnl/Emmet County (32 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Beaver Island Airport (3 nm southwest), Charlevoix Municipal (27 nm south), Harbor Springs Airport (31 nm southeast), Schoolcraft County (31 nm northwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Michigan · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided thresholds aproply marked and wbrbn.
- Resides on airport premises.
- 15 feet road, 160 feet dist, 125 feet L/R.
- +15 feet road, 90-196 feet dist, 125 feet L/R.
- Runway and dthr marked with 3 feet yellow cones.
- Runway and dthr marked with 3 feet yellow cones.
- Approach slp 0:1 to dthr ovr +15 feet road, 0 feet dist, 95 feet L.
- Ctlg obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp. Approach slp 10:1 to dthr ovr +30 feet tree, 309 feet dist, 125 feet R.
- Approach ratio 20:1 to dthr.
- Ctlg obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp. Approach slp 10:1 to dthr ovr +74 feet trees, 742 feet dist, 137 feet R.
- Rough rolling trrn with bare spots and loose stones.
- Deer, birds, and wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Beaver Island from the FAA register
16 aircraft are registered to owners in Beaver Island, Michigan: 8 piston singles, 7 piston twins, 1 helicopter. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Michigan.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Charter operators and airlines based in Beaver Island:
- McPhillips Flying Service, Inc. 7 aircraft on the certificate
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 1 aviation medical examiner.
All 2 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 6 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Beaver Island 16 aircraft · 8 piston singles, 7 piston twins, 1 helicopters
- Mcphillips Flying Service INC 4 aircraft in town
- Mcphillips Flying Service INC DBA 3 aircraft in town
- McPhillips Flying Service, Inc. 7 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 6 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Michigan 2,103 since 1982 · 226 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 6 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Michigan 220 landing places
- Michigan 7,224 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/6Y8.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 30, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.