Empire Airport (Michigan)

William B. Bolton Airport
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: Y87
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Empire Village & Township
Serves	Empire, Michigan
Elevation AMSL	944 ft / 288 m
Coordinates	44°47′15″N 086°00′15″W / 44.78750°N 86.00417°W / 44.78750; -86.00417
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 17/35 2,600 792 Asphalt 9/27 2,275 693 Turf
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations 500
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

William B. Bolton Airport (FAA LID: Y87), also known as Empire Airport, is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southeast of the central business district of Empire, a village in Empire Township, Leelanau County, Michigan, United States. The airport is owned by the village and township.^[1]

Facilities and aircraft[]

William B. Bolton Airport covers an area of 130 acres (53 ha) at an elevation of 944 feet (288 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 17/35 is 2,600 by 50 feet (792 x 15 m) with an asphalt surface; 9/27 is 2,275 by 150 feet (693 x 46 m) with a turf surface which is closed from December through March and when snow-covered.

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2010, the airport had 500 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 41 per month.^[1]

References[]

External links[]

• "William B. Bolton Airport". from Empire Township Air
• "Empire Airport (Y87)" (PDF). at the Michigan Airport Directory
• Aerial image as of April 1998 from USGS The National Map
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for Y87
  • AirNav airport information for Y87
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for Y87

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