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Willows Glenn County Airport

39.51640°N
-122.21800°W
ARR / DAY
5
▼ 21.7%
DEP / DAY
5
▼ 25.0%

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 4,506 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 5 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 1 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
1
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

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Runways

2 installed

4,506 FT MAX
13/31
4,210 ft × 100
ASP○ unlit
16/34
4,506 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

34
43% of ops
135 land · 37 TO
16
32% of ops
100 land · 184 TO
31
15% of ops
49 land · 0 TO
13
10% of ops
33 land · 38 TO
Runway 34 carries 43% of operations (135 landings, 37 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 16 at 32%.

Approach quality

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

34 135 landings
UA 10%
16 100 landings
UA 4%
31 49 landings
UA 0%
13 33 landings
UA 24%
Approaches to 34 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (14 UA events from 135 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
12.5
flights/day · 376 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 4pm · 7pm
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–7pm local, averaging 12.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 2.3× weekday (21.8 vs 9.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

60 · 22%
53 · 19%
24 · 9%
22 · 8%
14 · 5%
13 · 5%
Activity is led by (22% of 272 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)

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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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