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John F Kennedy Memorial Airport

46.54850°N
-90.91900°W
ARR / DAY
5
▲ 32.1%
DEP / DAY
5
▲ 60.9%

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 5,199 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 5 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

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

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

26m ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
7 kts
180°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KASX 201753Z AUTO 18007KT 160V230 10SM SCT095 BKN120 24/13 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP159 60001 T02440128 10244 20122 58009

Runways

2 installed

5,199 FT MAX
02/20
5,199 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
37% of ops
45 land · 9 TO
20
23% of ops
28 land · 30 TO
13
21% of ops
26 land · 4 TO
31
20% of ops
24 land · 7 TO
Runway 02 carries 37% of operations (45 landings, 9 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 20 at 23%.

Approach quality

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

02 45 landings
UA 2%
20 28 landings
UA 0%
13 26 landings
UA 0%
31 24 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 02 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 45 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
7.6
flights/day · 229 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 6pm · 12am
Day vs night
59%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–5pm local, averaging 7.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (7.6 vs 8.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

32 · 18%
26 · 15%
21 · 12%
13 · 7%
11 · 6%
8 · 4%
Activity is led by (18% of 178 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)

1
Dlthian
5/1/2009
Nice quiet airport in Ashland Wisconsin
Log building as terminal - nicely built and maintained
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