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Bartow Executive Airport

27.94340°N
-81.78340°W
ARR / DAY
14
51.7%
DEP / DAY
13
52.0%

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 14 arrivals and 13 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

15m ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
6 kts
90°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KBOW 230515Z AUTO 09006KT 10SM OVC055 26/24 A3005 RMK AO2 PWINO

Runway intelligence

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

09L
27% of ops
715 land · 445 TO
27R
18% of ops
475 land · 423 TO
14
17% of ops
451 land · 6 TO
23
11% of ops
292 land · 37 TO
09R
8% of ops
198 land · 100 TO
27L
7% of ops
190 land · 99 TO
Runway 09L carries 27% of operations (715 landings, 445 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27R at 18%.

Approach quality

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

09L 715 landings
UA 1%
27R 475 landings
UA 2%
14 451 landings
UA 12%
23 292 landings
UA 13%
09R 198 landings
UA 0%
27L 190 landings
UA 1%
Approaches to 09L show a 1% unstable-approach rate (8 UA events from 715 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
41.0
flights/day · 1,229 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 2pm · 3pm
Day vs night
88%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 41.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (32.4 vs 46.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (32% of 955 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 05:30 UTC