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Willows Glenn County Airport

39.51640°N
-122.21800°W
ARR / DAY
0
▼ 100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
▼ 100.0%

Willows Glenn County Airport (KWLW/WLW) is a small general aviation airport located in Willows, CA, 25 mi south west of Chico. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,125 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

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

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

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Temp
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Wind
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Visib
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Ceil
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Runways

2 installed

4,125 FT MAX
13/31
3,788 ft × 60
ASP○ unlit
16/34
4,125 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

34
41% of ops
148 land · 42 TO
16
34% of ops
125 land · 183 TO
31
13% of ops
48 land · 0 TO
13
12% of ops
42 land · 36 TO
Runway 34 carries 41% of operations (148 landings, 42 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 16 at 34%.

Approach quality

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

34 148 landings
UA 7%
16 125 landings
UA 5%
31 48 landings
UA 8%
13 42 landings
UA 19%
Approaches to 34 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (11 UA events from 148 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
8.4
flights/day · 253 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 5pm · 6pm
Day vs night
65%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–6pm local, averaging 8.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (9.8 vs 8.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

38 · 19%
34 · 17%
23 · 12%
15 · 8%
13 · 7%
8 · 4%
Activity is led by (19% of 199 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
RED BLUF 132.200 —
OTHER 132.200 —
RED BLUF 350.300 —
OTHER 350.300 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZOA
Mag var:
14° E
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

Pilot & community notes

5 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

5
Pilot_1975
09/11/2013
Food
Great restaurant!
Pilot_1975
12/12/2011
Not much to report
I was here! That's about all there is to say. :)
PilotBobSenior
09/25/2011
Food
Food and hotels within walking distance. I saw no active business on the field other than a card lock fuel station.
svanarts
01/21/2009
Nancy's Cafe
On north end of field next to fuel pumps. Great pies. Lots of local color here.
pilotal
07/10/2008
Nice Restaurant
This restaurant is cute and open 24 hrs a day and the gas seems to be less expensive than the surrounding airports and the food was good.
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