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Willows Glenn County Airport

39.51640°N
-122.21800°W
ARR / DAY
6
▲ 37.9%
DEP / DAY
6
▲ 32.4%

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 6 arrivals and 6 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

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

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

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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
42% of ops
207 land · 52 TO
16
34% of ops
169 land · 224 TO
31
17% of ops
85 land · 0 TO
13
7% of ops
36 land · 58 TO
Runway 34 carries 42% of operations (207 landings, 52 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

34 207 landings
UA 6%
16 169 landings
UA 20%
31 85 landings
UA 5%
13 36 landings
UA 28%
Approaches to 34 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (13 UA events from 207 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
10.1
flights/day · 303 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 5pm · 6pm
Day vs night
67%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–7pm local, averaging 10.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 2.0× weekday (16.2 vs 8.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

57 · 24%
32 · 13%
27 · 11%
12 · 5%
11 · 5%
11 · 5%
Activity is led by (24% of 238 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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