Welke Airport


Welke Airport is a privately owned public use airport located on Beaver Island in Charlevoix County, Michigan, United States. Scheduled passenger service to Charlevoix Municipal Airport in Charlevoix, Michigan is provided by Island Airways.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 16,542 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 11,976 enplanements in 2009, and 13,558 in 2010.

Facilities and aircraft

Welke Airport covers an area of 200 acres at an elevation of 664 feet above mean sea level. It has two runways: 9/27 is 2,512 by 30 feet with an asphalt surface and 17/35 is 3,500 by 140 feet with a turf surface.
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2015, the airport had 23,450 aircraft operations, an average of 64 per day: 78% general aviation and 22% air taxi. At that time there were 12 aircraft based at this airport: 10 single-engine and 2 multi-engine.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Accidents and incidents