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Appleton International Airport

44.25810°N
-88.51910°W
ARR / DAY
81
35.0%
DEP / DAY
156
56.8%

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 8,003 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 81 arrivals and 156 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2d ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
5 kts
210°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KATW 300045Z 21005KT 10SM CLR 26/14 A3001

Runway intelligence

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

03
34% of ops
1,289 land · 1,285 TO
21
32% of ops
1,205 land · 1,130 TO
29
26% of ops
979 land · 1,104 TO
30
7% of ops
261 land · 152 TO
11
2% of ops
77 land · 34 TO
12
0% of ops
9 land · 7 TO
Runway 03 carries 34% of operations (1,289 landings, 1,285 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 21 at 32%.

Approach quality

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

03 1,289 landings
UA 5%
21 1,205 landings
UA 4%
29 979 landings
UA 5%
30 261 landings
UA 6%
11 77 landings
UA 13%
12 9 landings
UA 22%
Approaches to 03 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (67 UA events from 1,289 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
165.3
flights/day · 4,958 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4pm · 5pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 165.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (166.5 vs 172.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (12% of 2,935 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
12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
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