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KISW · ISW

Alexander Field South Wood County Airport

44.36030°N
-89.83900°W
ARR / DAY
2
▼ 33.3%
DEP / DAY
2
▼ 31.6%

Alexander Field South Wood County Airport (KISW/ISW) is a small general aviation airport located in Wisconsin Rapids, WI, 91 mi west of Green Bay. It features 3 runways with the longest being 5,500 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

15m ago
Temp
41°F
Wind
8 kts
360°
Visib
6437 m
Ceil
—
SPECI KISW 120101Z AUTO 36008KT 4SM BR FEW043 BKN055 OVC070 05/05 A2992 RMK AO2 T00500050

Runway intelligence

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

20
54% of ops
52 land · 2 TO
02
17% of ops
16 land · 16 TO
29
11% of ops
11 land · 13 TO
18
9% of ops
9 land · 41 TO
11
6% of ops
6 land · 8 TO
36
2% of ops
2 land · 2 TO
Runway 20 carries 54% of operations (52 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 02 at 17%.

Approach quality

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

20 52 landings
UA 13%
02 16 landings
UA 6%
29 11 landings
UA 0%
18 9 landings
UA 11%
11 6 landings
UA 17%
36 2 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 20 show a 13% unstable-approach rate (7 UA events from 52 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
4.8
flights/day · 144 total
Busy hour (local)
9pm
also 10pm · 3pm
Day vs night
47%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–9pm local, averaging 4.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (4.9 vs 5.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (38% of 118 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-10-29
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
ASOS 126.575 —
OTHER 122.200 —
WISCONSI 122.200 —
MOSINEE 124.400 —
OTHER 124.400 —
MOSINEE 317.700 —
OTHER 317.700 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
1° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 01:16 UTC