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KATW · ATW

Appleton International Airport

44.25810°N
-88.51910°W
ARR / DAY
48
▲ 14.9%
DEP / DAY
60
▲ 10.2%

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 48 arrivals and 60 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

14h ago
Temp
61°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KATW 260245Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/09 A3031

Runway intelligence

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

03
37% of ops
621 land · 643 TO
21
31% of ops
511 land · 561 TO
30
16% of ops
262 land · 303 TO
12
10% of ops
168 land · 91 TO
29
6% of ops
103 land · 113 TO
11
1% of ops
9 land · 6 TO
Runway 03 carries 37% of operations (621 landings, 643 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 21 at 31%.

Approach quality

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

03 621 landings
UA 4%
21 511 landings
UA 3%GA 0.4%
30 262 landings
UA 5%
12 168 landings
UA 4%
29 103 landings
UA 6%
11 9 landings
UA 11%
Approaches to 03 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (24 UA events from 621 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
94.9
flights/day · 2,847 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 10pm · 8pm
Day vs night
57%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–8pm local, averaging 94.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (68.2 vs 109.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (17% of 2,095 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

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 17:05 UTC