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Bartow Executive Airport

27.94340°N
-81.78340°W
ARR / DAY
36
▲ 93.1%
DEP / DAY
33
▲ 104.5%

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 36 arrivals and 33 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

6m ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
10 kts
350°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KBOW 171815Z AUTO 35010G16KT 10SM BKN015 BKN020 24/23 A3000 RMK AO2 PWINO

Runways

4 installed

5,001 FT MAX
05/23
5,000 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED
09L/27R
5,001 ft × 150
ASP● LITMED
09R/27L
4,400 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
32% of ops
330 land · 291 TO
14
22% of ops
222 land · 8 TO
23
11% of ops
110 land · 12 TO
05
11% of ops
108 land · 18 TO
27L
8% of ops
81 land · 14 TO
27R
6% of ops
61 land · 55 TO
Runway 09L carries 32% of operations (330 landings, 291 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 14 at 22%.

Approach quality

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

09L 330 landings
UA 3%
14 222 landings
UA 20%
23 110 landings
UA 12%
05 108 landings
UA 14%
27L 81 landings
UA 2%
27R 61 landings
UA 7%
Approaches to 09L show a 3% unstable-approach rate (9 UA events from 330 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
52.6
flights/day · 1,578 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 1pm · 3pm
Day vs night
80%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 52.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (53.8 vs 54.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

442 · 38%
332 · 29%
39 · 3%
37 · 3%
34 · 3%
23 · 2%
Activity is led by (38% of 1,163 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

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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