Y87
William B Bolton Airport
William B Bolton Airport (Y87) is a general-aviation airfield serving Empire, Michigan. The field lies at 944 ft (288 m) above sea level and has two crossing runways, the longest 2,600 ft (792 m), asphalt and lit. Its nearest neighbour is Lake Ann Airway Estates Airport (4M0), 7 nm SSE.
William B Bolton 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
- 944 ft (288 m)
- Coordinates
- 44.7914, -86.0032
- Serving
- Empire
- Region
- Michigan
- Time zone
- America/Detroit
Runways2 · longest 2,600 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 | 2,600 ft792 m | 50 ft | Asphalt | Lit |
| 09/27 | 2,235 ft681 m | 150 ft | Grass | — |
Nearby airfields
Runway and field data from the OurAirports public-domain dataset. Positions are ADS-B, which covers most but not all aircraft.