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KATW · ATW

Appleton International Airport

44.25810°N
-88.51910°W
ARR / DAY
43
18.0%
DEP / DAY
51
15.2%

Appleton International Airport (KATW/ATW) is a small general aviation airport located in Appleton, WI, 31 mi south west of Green Bay. It features 2 runways with the longest being 8,003 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 43 arrivals and 51 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

48m ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
4 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KATW 070045Z VRB04KT 10SM CLR 27/10 A3008

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

03
36% of ops
595 land · 580 TO
21
34% of ops
549 land · 619 TO
29
22% of ops
366 land · 401 TO
11
8% of ops
128 land · 71 TO
Runway 03 carries 36% of operations (595 landings, 580 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 21 at 34%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

03 595 landings
UA 6%
21 549 landings
UA 10%GA 0.2%
29 366 landings
UA 7%
11 128 landings
UA 9%GA 0.8%
Approaches to 03 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (38 UA events from 595 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy — hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
102.7
flights/day · 3,082 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 6pm · 3pm
Day vs night
58%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 102.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (105.2 vs 106.7 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here — top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (16% of 2,397 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 119.600
TWR 119.600 0530-2300
GND 121.700 0530-2300
ATIS 127.150 0530-2300
APCH 126.300
APCH 338.200
UNICOM 122.950
LCL/P 119.600 0530-2300
APPLETON 126.300
OTHER 126.300
MOSINEE 317.700
OTHER 317.700
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Elevation:
918 ft
Mag var:
2° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 01:33 UTC