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Bartow Executive Airport

27.94340°N
-81.78340°W
ARR / DAY
15
▼ 43.8%
DEP / DAY
15
▼ 45.0%

Bartow Executive Airport (KBOW/BOW) is a small general aviation airport located in Bartow, FL. It features 4 runways with the longest being 5,001 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 15 arrivals and 15 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

14h ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
4 kts
200°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KBOW 080255Z AUTO 20004KT 10SM CLR 27/23 A3014 RMK AO2 PWINO

Runways

4 installed

5,001 FT MAX
05/23
5,001 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED
09L/27R
5,000 ft × 150
ASP● LITMED
09R/27L
4,416 ft × 150
ASP○ unlit
14/32
5,000 ft × 150
ASP○ unlitCLOSED

Runway intelligence

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

09L
28% of ops
401 land · 157 TO
14
17% of ops
239 land · 12 TO
27R
16% of ops
226 land · 202 TO
23
12% of ops
165 land · 41 TO
27L
8% of ops
112 land · 56 TO
09R
7% of ops
102 land · 36 TO
Runway 09L carries 28% of operations (401 landings, 157 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 14 at 17%.

Approach quality

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

09L 401 landings
UA 3%
14 239 landings
UA 8%
27R 226 landings
UA 0%
23 165 landings
UA 8%
27L 112 landings
UA 5%
09R 102 landings
UA 4%
Approaches to 09L show a 3% unstable-approach rate (14 UA events from 401 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
39.5
flights/day · 1,185 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 1pm · 3pm
Day vs night
86%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 39.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (33.4 vs 43.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

289 · 31%
281 · 31%
72 · 8%
46 · 5%
36 · 4%
23 · 2%
Activity is led by (31% of 920 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 121.200 —
TWR 121.200 0730-1730
TWR 121.500 0730-1730
GND 121.900 0730-1730
APCH 119.900 —
APCH 120.650 —
APCH 290.300 —
UNICOM 122.950 —
AWOS 123.775 —
LCL/P 121.200 0730-1730
LCL/S 121.500 0730-1730
EMERG 121.500 0730-1730
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMA
Mag var:
4° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 16:57 UTC