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John F Kennedy Memorial Airport

46.54850°N
-90.91900°W
ARR / DAY
2
▼ 45.2%
DEP / DAY
2
▼ 51.7%

John F Kennedy Memorial Airport (KASX/ASX) is a small general aviation airport located in Ashland, WI, 149 mi south west of Thunder Bay. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,199 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 2 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

10h ago
Temp
37°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
—
Ceil
—
METAR KASX 201153Z AUTO 00000KT 3/4SM BR CLR M01/M01 A3037 RMK AO2 SLP296 I6001 T10061006 10011 21017 51002 $

Runways

2 installed

5,199 FT MAX
02/20
5,199 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED
13/31
3,498 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

02
34% of ops
40 land · 7 TO
20
26% of ops
31 land · 33 TO
13
21% of ops
24 land · 6 TO
31
19% of ops
22 land · 13 TO
Runway 02 carries 34% of operations (40 landings, 7 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 20 at 26%.

Approach quality

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

02 40 landings
UA 0%
20 31 landings
UA 3%
13 24 landings
UA 4%
31 22 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 02 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 40 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
7.2
flights/day · 217 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 5pm · 3pm
Day vs night
67%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 7.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (8.4 vs 7.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

29 · 18%
18 · 11%
11 · 7%
11 · 7%
11 · 7%
9 · 6%
Activity is led by (18% of 163 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
ASOS 126.775 —
OTHER 122.250 —
APT REMA 122.250 —
OTHER 122.400 —
ASHLAND 122.400 —
OTHER 126.450 —
HAYWARD 126.450 —
OTHER 276.400 —
HAYWARD 276.400 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
2° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+

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

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Dlthian
5/2/2009
Nice quiet airport in Ashland Wisconsin
Log building as terminal - nicely built and maintained
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