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John F Kennedy Memorial Airport

46.54850°N
-90.91900°W
ARR / DAY
4
▼ 6.3%
DEP / DAY
4
▼ 3.6%

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 4 arrivals and 4 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

38m ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
5 kts
320°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KASX 021753Z AUTO 32005KT 10SM CLR 27/14 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP130 T02720139 10278 20139 55003

Runways

2 installed

5,197 FT MAX
02/20
5,197 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED
13/31
3,498 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

02
39% of ops
59 land · 7 TO
31
24% of ops
36 land · 10 TO
20
21% of ops
32 land · 33 TO
13
16% of ops
24 land · 2 TO
Runway 02 carries 39% of operations (59 landings, 7 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 31 at 24%.

Approach quality

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

02 59 landings
UA 0%
31 36 landings
UA 6%
20 32 landings
UA 0%
13 24 landings
UA 4%
Approaches to 02 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 59 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
8.3
flights/day · 249 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 6pm · 9pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–9pm local, averaging 8.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (8.6 vs 8.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

36 · 19%
20 · 11%
18 · 10%
13 · 7%
12 · 6%
9 · 5%
Activity is led by (19% of 185 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
ASOS 126.775 —
OTHER 122.250 —
APT REMA 122.250 —
OTHER 122.400 —
ASHLAND 122.400 —
OTHER 126.450 —
HAYWARD 126.450 —
OTHER 276.400 —
HAYWARD 276.400 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
2° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+

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

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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