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KATW · ATW

Appleton International Airport

44.25810°N
-88.51910°W
ARR / DAY
39
20.2%
DEP / DAY
44
20.3%

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 39 arrivals and 44 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

23h ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
6 kts
190°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KATW 130555Z AUTO 19006KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A2991 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

21
33% of ops
1,719 land · 1,265 TO
29
32% of ops
1,668 land · 1,631 TO
03
26% of ops
1,365 land · 1,539 TO
30
7% of ops
380 land · 301 TO
11
2% of ops
94 land · 26 TO
12
1% of ops
39 land · 8 TO
Runway 21 carries 33% of operations (1,719 landings, 1,265 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 1,719 landings
UA 4%
29 1,668 landings
UA 5%
03 1,365 landings
UA 4%
30 380 landings
UA 7%
11 94 landings
UA 20%
12 39 landings
UA 13%
Approaches to 21 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (66 UA events from 1,719 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
163.0
flights/day · 4,890 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4pm · 7pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–7pm local, averaging 163.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (150.8 vs 175.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (12% of 2,813 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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