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Willows Glenn County Airport

39.51640°N
-122.21800°W
ARR / DAY
8
▲ 25.0%
DEP / DAY
8
▲ 5.5%

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. SkyMeter has observed roughly 8 arrivals and 8 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

From KBAB, 49 mi away (KWLW does not publish METAR)

1h ago
Temp
80°F
Wind
5 kts
220°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KBAB 291655Z 22005KT 10SM CLR 27/12 A2984 RMK AO2A SLP107 T02670120 $

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
40% of ops
125 land · 35 TO
16
35% of ops
110 land · 152 TO
31
14% of ops
44 land · 0 TO
13
11% of ops
33 land · 22 TO
Runway 34 carries 40% of operations (125 landings, 35 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 16 at 35%.

Approach quality

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

34 125 landings
UA 6%
16 110 landings
UA 5%
31 44 landings
UA 5%
13 33 landings
UA 18%
Approaches to 34 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (7 UA events from 125 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
11.9
flights/day · 357 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 4pm · 5pm
Day vs night
65%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–6pm local, averaging 11.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (10.5 vs 13.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

55 · 21%
52 · 19%
32 · 12%
18 · 7%
17 · 6%
8 · 3%
Activity is led by (21% of 268 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
9/11/2013
Food
Great restaurant!
Pilot_1975
12/12/2011
Not much to report
I was here! That's about all there is to say. :)
PilotBobSenior
9/25/2011
Food
Food and hotels within walking distance. I saw no active business on the field other than a card lock fuel station.
svanarts
1/21/2009
Nancy's Cafe
On north end of field next to fuel pumps. Great pies. Lots of local color here.
pilotal
7/10/2008
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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