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.
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
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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 |
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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, never named. All aircraft registered in Michigan.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 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 5, 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.