Appleton International Airport satellite view

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KATW · ATW

Appleton International Airport

44.25810°N

-88.51910°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 14.4%

DEP / DAY

▼ 9.7%

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 47 arrivals and 52 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 5 total

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Current weather

Latest METAR observation

10h ago

Temp

73°F

Wind

4 kts

140°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KATW 120555Z AUTO 14004KT 10SM CLR 23/21 A2987 RMK AO2

Runways

2 installed

8,002 FT MAX

Runway intelligence

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

33% of ops

1,927 land · 1,480 TO

32% of ops

1,886 land · 1,837 TO

25% of ops

1,467 land · 1,611 TO

7% of ops

438 land · 353 TO

2% of ops

98 land · 27 TO

1% of ops

37 land · 7 TO

Runway 21 carries 33% of operations (1,927 landings, 1,480 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 29 at 32%.

Approach quality

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

21 1,927 landings

UA 4%

29 1,886 landings

UA 5%

03 1,467 landings

UA 4%

30 438 landings

UA 7%

11 98 landings

UA 19%

12 37 landings

UA 14%

Approaches to 21 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (68 UA events from 1,927 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

166.0

flights/day · 4,981 total

Busy hour (local)

3pm

also 4pm · 7pm

Day vs night

62%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 3pm–7pm local, averaging 166.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (150.8 vs 179.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (12% of 2,856 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

peak 10 AM · 1 movement every 240 s

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