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📍 Ashland⬆ 827 ft2 runways
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John F Kennedy Memorial Airport

46.54850°N
-90.91900°W
ARR / DAY
2
15.8%
DEP / DAY
3
4.5%

John F Kennedy Memorial Airport (KASX/ASX) is a small general aviation airport located in Ashland, WI, 149 mi south west of Thunder Bay. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,197 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

18h ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
8 kts
200°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KASX 031553Z AUTO 20008KT 10SM CLR 26/09 A3023 RMK AO2 SLP237 T02610089

Runway intelligence

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

02
47% of ops
17 land · 0 TO
20
22% of ops
8 land · 0 TO
31
19% of ops
7 land · 0 TO
13
11% of ops
4 land · 0 TO
Runway 02 carries 47% of operations (17 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 20 at 22%.

Approach quality

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

02 17 landings
UA 6%
20 8 landings
UA 25%
31 7 landings
UA 0%
13 4 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 02 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 17 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
2.6
flights/day · 78 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 9pm · 2pm
Day vs night
56%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 2.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (2.0 vs 3.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (21% of 72 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-05-14
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
ASOS 126.775
APT REMA 122.250
ASHLAND 122.400
HAYWARD 126.450
HAYWARD 276.400
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
2° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports — click to expand

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Dlthian
05/01/2009
Nice quiet airport in Ashland Wisconsin
Log building as terminal - nicely built and maintained
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