Alexander Field South Wood County Airport satellite view
📍 Wisconsin Rapids⬆ 1,021 ft3 runways
KISW · ISW

Alexander Field South Wood County Airport

44.36030°N
-89.83900°W
ARR / DAY
5
▲ 8.8%
DEP / DAY
5
▼ 2.6%

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 5 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
66°F
Wind
4 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KISW 271854Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM OVC049 19/11 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP204 T01940106

Runway intelligence

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

20
43% of ops
75 land · 1 TO
02
24% of ops
42 land · 42 TO
11
16% of ops
28 land · 23 TO
29
7% of ops
13 land · 25 TO
18
6% of ops
10 land · 62 TO
36
3% of ops
6 land · 2 TO
Runway 20 carries 43% of operations (75 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 02 at 24%.

Approach quality

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

20 75 landings
UA 9%
02 42 landings
UA 2%
11 28 landings
UA 11%
29 13 landings
UA 0%
18 10 landings
UA 10%
36 6 landings
UA 17%
Approaches to 20 show a 9% unstable-approach rate (7 UA events from 75 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
9.8
flights/day · 293 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 9pm · 8pm
Day vs night
54%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–8pm local, averaging 9.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (11.8 vs 9.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (24% of 203 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
ASOS 126.575 —
WISCONSI 122.200 —
OTHER 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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