# Wickenheiser Airport (W87)

**Wickenheiser Airport** (FAA: W87) is a small airport in Carleton, Michigan, United States. It opened in Feb 1973. It has one runway, 2,575 ft (785 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/w87

## At a glance

- FAA: W87
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Carleton, Michigan, United States
- Opened: Feb 1973
- Elevation: 609 ft / 186 m
- Coordinates: 42.0181, -83.3772
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,575 ft / 785 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/Detroit
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzzwick_Airport (3 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5003604
- Weather station: KTTF
- Ident: W87

## Timeline

- Feb 1973: Wickenheiser Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 2,575 ft / 785 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Grass | 359° / 179° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,575 ft / 785 m | =20,170 of 29,858 | =8,853 in North America | =7,612 in US |
| Elevation | 609 ft / 186 m | =25,176 of 43,403 | =12,122 in North America | =10,100 in US |
| Age | Opened 1973 | =6,831 of 15,079 | =4,972 in North America | =4,880 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

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## 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)
- [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/w87/data