# Welke Airport (6Y8)

**Welke Airport** (FAA: 6Y8) is a small airport in Beaver Island, Michigan, United States. It opened in Dec 1968. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,500 ft (1,067 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/6y8

## At a glance

- FAA: 6Y8
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Beaver Island, Michigan, United States
- Opened: Dec 1968
- Elevation: 664 ft / 202 m
- Coordinates: 45.7205, -85.5189
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,500 ft / 1,067 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/Detroit
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welke_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7981031
- Weather station: KSJX
- Ident: 6Y8

## Timeline

- Dec 1968: Welke Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 3,500 ft / 1,067 m | 140 ft / 43 m | Grass | 173° / 353° |  |
| 09/27 | 2,512 ft / 766 m | 30 ft / 9 m | Asphalt | 089° / 269° |  |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [KCVX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcvx.md) Charlevoix Municipal Airport · United States · 31 mi / 50 km · Island Airways

### Charter (1)

- [MCD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmcd.md) Mackinac Island Airport · United States · 43 mi / 70 km · Island Airways

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from 6Y8, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- [Island Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/island-airways) · 2

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,500 ft / 1,067 m | =12,572 of 29,858 | =5,008 in North America | =4,193 in US |
| Elevation | 664 ft / 202 m | =24,105 of 43,403 | =11,553 in North America | =9,597 in US |
| Age | Opened 1968 | =5,887 of 15,079 | =4,192 in North America | =4,105 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [KSJX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksjx.md) Beaver Island Airport · 3.0 mi / 4.9 km
- [US-2833](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-2833.md) Trout Island Airport · 9.0 mi / 15 km
- [6Y3](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-0589.md) North Fox Island Airport · 21 mi / 33 km
- [3MI2](https://dromopedia.com/airports/3mi2.md) South Fox Island Airport · 27 mi / 43 km
- [MI69](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-6555.md) Hiawatha Sportsmans Club Airport · 28 mi / 45 km
- [KCVX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcvx.md) Charlevoix Municipal Airport · 31 mi / 50 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Welke Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Welke_Airport&oldid=1371341720), revision of 26 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/6y8/data