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KATW · ATW

Appleton International Airport

44.25810°N
-88.51910°W
ARR / DAY
44
12.5%
DEP / DAY
48
16.0%

Appleton International Airport (KATW/ATW) is a small general aviation airport located in Appleton, WI, 31 mi south west of Green Bay. It features 2 runways with the longest being 8,002 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 44 arrivals and 48 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

14m ago
Temp
64°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KATW 170555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT055 18/16 A3002 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

21
33% of ops
1,569 land · 1,087 TO
29
32% of ops
1,533 land · 1,497 TO
03
24% of ops
1,158 land · 1,410 TO
30
8% of ops
405 land · 322 TO
11
2% of ops
85 land · 35 TO
12
1% of ops
69 land · 22 TO
Runway 21 carries 33% of operations (1,569 landings, 1,087 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 29 at 32%.

Approach quality

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

21 1,569 landings
UA 4%
29 1,533 landings
UA 6%
03 1,158 landings
UA 5%
30 405 landings
UA 7%
11 85 landings
UA 14%
12 69 landings
UA 9%
Approaches to 21 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (62 UA events from 1,569 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
162.0
flights/day · 4,861 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4pm · 5pm
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 162.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (169.2 vs 167.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (12% of 2,773 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 119.600
TWR 119.600 0530-2300
GND 121.700 0530-2300
ATIS 127.150 0530-2300
APCH 126.300
APCH 338.200
UNICOM 122.950
LCL/P 119.600 0530-2300
OTHER 126.300
APPLETON 126.300
OTHER 317.700
MOSINEE 317.700
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Elevation:
918 ft
Mag var:
2° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 10 AM · 1 movement every 240 s
12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
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