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Appleton International Airport

44.25810°N
-88.51910°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

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.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

13m ago
Temp
82°F
Wind
8 kts
160°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KATW 271545Z 16008KT 7SM OVC010 28/27 A2968

Runway intelligence

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

03
42% of ops
1,695 land · 1,506 TO
21
31% of ops
1,269 land · 1,419 TO
29
18% of ops
729 land · 940 TO
11
5% of ops
191 land · 105 TO
30
4% of ops
172 land · 38 TO
12
0% of ops
0 land · 1 TO
Runway 03 carries 42% of operations (1,695 landings, 1,506 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 1,695 landings
UA 6%
21 1,269 landings
UA 3%
29 729 landings
UA 4%
11 191 landings
UA 8%
30 172 landings
UA 8%
12 0 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 03 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (103 UA events from 1,695 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
90.1
flights/day · 2,702 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 8pm · 9pm
Day vs night
56%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–9pm local, averaging 90.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.5× weekday (123.2 vs 81.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (14% of 1,939 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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