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Bartow Executive Airport

27.94340°N
-81.78340°W
ARR / DAY
29
0.5%
DEP / DAY
26
1.6%

Bartow Executive Airport (KBOW/BOW) is a small general aviation airport located in Bartow, FL. It features 4 runways with the longest being 5,001 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 29 arrivals and 26 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1d ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KBOW 290955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/23 A3005 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E PWINO

Runway intelligence

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

09L
27% of ops
266 land · 193 TO
14
17% of ops
169 land · 12 TO
27R
13% of ops
132 land · 133 TO
23
11% of ops
109 land · 35 TO
05
9% of ops
89 land · 10 TO
27L
8% of ops
81 land · 28 TO
Runway 09L carries 27% of operations (266 landings, 193 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 14 at 17%.

Approach quality

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

09L 266 landings
UA 3%
14 169 landings
UA 20%
27R 132 landings
UA 2%
23 109 landings
UA 15%
05 89 landings
UA 13%
27L 81 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 09L show a 3% unstable-approach rate (8 UA events from 266 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
52.0
flights/day · 1,559 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 1pm · 12pm
Day vs night
85%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–2pm local, averaging 52.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (46.6 vs 56.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (31% of 1,161 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 121.200
TWR 121.200 0730-1730
TWR 121.500 0730-1730
GND 121.900 0730-1730
APCH 119.900
APCH 120.650
APCH 290.300
UNICOM 122.950
AWOS 123.775
LCL/P 121.200 0730-1730
LCL/S 121.500 0730-1730
EMERG 121.500 0730-1730
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMA
Mag var:
4° 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 10:15 UTC