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Bartow Executive Airport

27.94340°N
-81.78340°W
ARR / DAY
14
▼ 56.3%
DEP / DAY
12
▼ 56.3%

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 14 arrivals and 12 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

1h ago
Temp
66°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KBOW 120835Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/19 A3006 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
299 land · 262 TO
14
20% of ops
188 land · 7 TO
23
12% of ops
108 land · 13 TO
05
10% of ops
96 land · 20 TO
27L
8% of ops
71 land · 13 TO
27R
7% of ops
66 land · 41 TO
Runway 09L carries 32% of operations (299 landings, 262 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 14 at 20%.

Approach quality

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

09L 299 landings
UA 5%
14 188 landings
UA 23%
23 108 landings
UA 14%
05 96 landings
UA 11%
27L 71 landings
UA 3%
27R 66 landings
UA 5%
Approaches to 09L show a 5% unstable-approach rate (14 UA events from 299 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
48.1
flights/day · 1,444 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 1pm
Day vs night
82%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 48.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.6× weekday (68.5 vs 42.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

398 · 37%
292 · 27%
37 · 3%
33 · 3%
30 · 3%
25 · 2%
Activity is led by (37% of 1,067 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
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 09:54 UTC