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KATW · ATW

Appleton International Airport

44.25810°N
-88.51910°W
ARR / DAY
36
▼ 8.4%
DEP / DAY
43
▼ 4.4%

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 36 arrivals and 43 departures per day on average over the last 7 days. Cargo carriers (FedEx, UPS, and similar) operate regularly, accounting for about 4% of observed flights.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

3h ago
Temp
61°F
Wind
9 kts
270°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KATW 102145Z 27009KT 10SM SCT120 16/01 A3000

Runway intelligence

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

21
41% of ops
545 land · 559 TO
03
31% of ops
403 land · 374 TO
30
18% of ops
239 land · 322 TO
12
10% of ops
129 land · 50 TO
Runway 21 carries 41% of operations (545 landings, 559 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 03 at 31%.

Approach quality

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

21 545 landings
UA 2%
03 403 landings
UA 4%
30 239 landings
UA 4%
12 129 landings
UA 1%
Approaches to 21 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (12 UA events from 545 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
82.7
flights/day · 2,481 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 9pm · 5pm
Day vs night
60%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 82.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (81.0 vs 87.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (17% of 1,817 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-10-29
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 00:52 UTC