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KATW · ATW

Appleton International Airport

44.25810°N
-88.51910°W
ARR / DAY
35
▼ 28.2%
DEP / DAY
43
▼ 32.1%

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 8,002 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 35 arrivals and 43 departures per day on average over the last 7 days. Cargo carriers (FedEx, UPS, and similar) operate regularly, accounting for about 3% of observed flights.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

9h ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
8 kts
200°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KATW 121445Z 20008KT 10SM SCT120 22/17 A2979

Runway intelligence

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

03
44% of ops
697 land · 748 TO
21
24% of ops
384 land · 464 TO
30
18% of ops
287 land · 311 TO
12
14% of ops
231 land · 112 TO
Runway 03 carries 44% of operations (697 landings, 748 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 21 at 24%.

Approach quality

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

03 697 landings
UA 4%
21 384 landings
UA 2%
30 287 landings
UA 5%
12 231 landings
UA 3%
Approaches to 03 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (27 UA events from 697 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
100.0
flights/day · 3,000 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 10pm · 3pm
Day vs night
59%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 100.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (82.5 vs 111.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (18% of 2,247 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
OTHER 126.300 —
APPLETON 126.300 —
OTHER 317.700 —
MOSINEE 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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