6Y8
Welke Airport
Welke Airport (6Y8) is an airfield with scheduled airline service serving Beaver Island, Michigan. The field lies at 664 ft (202 m) above sea level and has two crossing runways, the longest 3,500 ft (1,067 m), grass. Its nearest neighbour is Beaver Island Airport (KSJX), 3 nm SW.
Welke Airport is a smaller field, so Alārium does not attribute movements to it directly — but aircraft flying near it appear on the live map like any other, at their real altitude and on their real track.
Location
- Elevation
- 664 ft (202 m)
- Coordinates
- 45.7205, -85.5189
- Serving
- Beaver Island
- Region
- Michigan
- Time zone
- America/Detroit
Runways2 · longest 3,500 ft
The diagram is drawn from published threshold coordinates, so each runway sits where it actually sits — true bearings, true separations, true lengths. Runway widths are exaggerated against length, which at true proportion would draw a hairline. It is a diagram, not a chart to navigate by.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lighting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 3,500 ft1,067 m | 140 ft | Grass | — |
| 09/27 | 2,512 ft766 m | 30 ft | Asphalt | Lit |
Nearby airfields
Runway and field data from the OurAirports public-domain dataset. Positions are ADS-B, which covers most but not all aircraft.