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Bartow Executive Airport

27.94340°N
-81.78340°W
ARR / DAY
25
▼ 23.8%
DEP / DAY
24
▼ 21.3%

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 25 arrivals and 24 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 3 total

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Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
3
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Return to field
0

Current weather

From KLAL, 15 mi away (KBOW does not publish METAR)

29m ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KLAL 261250Z 00000KT 10SM SKC 27/24 A3008

Runways

4 installed

5,001 FT MAX
05/23
5,001 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED
09L/27R
5,000 ft × 150
ASP● LITMED
09R/27L
4,416 ft × 150
ASP○ unlit
14/32
5,000 ft × 150
ASP○ unlitCLOSED

Runway intelligence

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

09L
26% of ops
238 land · 171 TO
14
17% of ops
158 land · 13 TO
27R
15% of ops
134 land · 146 TO
23
11% of ops
104 land · 31 TO
05
9% of ops
82 land · 11 TO
27L
8% of ops
71 land · 32 TO
Runway 09L carries 26% of operations (238 landings, 171 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 238 landings
UA 3%
14 158 landings
UA 20%
27R 134 landings
UA 1%
23 104 landings
UA 14%
05 82 landings
UA 13%
27L 71 landings
UA 4%
Approaches to 09L show a 3% unstable-approach rate (7 UA events from 238 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
49.0
flights/day · 1,471 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 1pm · 12pm
Day vs night
83%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–2pm local, averaging 49.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (46.6 vs 52.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

342 · 31%
289 · 27%
65 · 6%
55 · 5%
48 · 4%
32 · 3%
Activity is led by (31% of 1,086 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 13:19 UTC