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KATW · ATW

Appleton International Airport

44.25810°N
-88.51910°W
ARR / DAY
31
27.2%
DEP / DAY
37
24.3%

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 31 arrivals and 37 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2h ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
9 kts
210°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KATW 252245Z 21009KT 10SM SCT040 27/17 A2999

Runway intelligence

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

03
29% of ops
501 land · 527 TO
21
29% of ops
500 land · 469 TO
30
24% of ops
416 land · 500 TO
29
10% of ops
170 land · 213 TO
12
5% of ops
78 land · 21 TO
11
3% of ops
53 land · 19 TO
Runway 03 carries 29% of operations (501 landings, 527 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 21 at 29%.

Approach quality

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

03 501 landings
UA 4%
21 500 landings
UA 3%
30 416 landings
UA 6%
29 170 landings
UA 6%
12 78 landings
UA 10%
11 53 landings
UA 11%
Approaches to 03 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (19 UA events from 501 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
95.0
flights/day · 2,851 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 3pm · 7pm
Day vs night
60%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–7pm local, averaging 95.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (82.5 vs 104.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (14% of 2,030 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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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 00:48 UTC