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KATW · ATW

Appleton International Airport

44.25810°N
-88.51910°W
ARR / DAY
28
53.4%
DEP / DAY
10
82.7%

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 8,003 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 28 arrivals and 10 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

4h ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
3 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KATW 261445Z VRB03KT 10SM BKN016 27/22 A2991

Runway intelligence

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

03
42% of ops
1,765 land · 1,616 TO
21
31% of ops
1,272 land · 1,422 TO
29
18% of ops
729 land · 941 TO
11
5% of ops
221 land · 111 TO
30
4% of ops
172 land · 38 TO
12
0% of ops
0 land · 1 TO
Runway 03 carries 42% of operations (1,765 landings, 1,616 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 1,765 landings
UA 6%
21 1,272 landings
UA 3%
29 729 landings
UA 4%
11 221 landings
UA 9%
30 172 landings
UA 8%
12 0 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 03 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (106 UA events from 1,765 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
92.8
flights/day · 2,785 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 8pm · 9pm
Day vs night
56%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–9pm local, averaging 92.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.5× weekday (127.8 vs 84.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (15% of 2,007 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

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 19:43 UTC