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KATW · ATW

Appleton International Airport

44.25810°N
-88.51910°W
ARR / DAY
42
5.2%
DEP / DAY
51
9.2%

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 8,003 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 42 arrivals and 51 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

20h ago
Temp
63°F
Wind
8 kts
280°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KATW 270735Z AUTO 28008KT 10SM CLR 17/16 A2995 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

21
30% of ops
510 land · 494 TO
03
28% of ops
475 land · 481 TO
30
26% of ops
452 land · 545 TO
29
9% of ops
157 land · 196 TO
12
4% of ops
75 land · 21 TO
11
2% of ops
37 land · 10 TO
Runway 21 carries 30% of operations (510 landings, 494 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 03 at 28%.

Approach quality

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

21 510 landings
UA 3%
03 475 landings
UA 4%
30 452 landings
UA 6%
29 157 landings
UA 6%
12 75 landings
UA 8%
11 37 landings
UA 11%
Approaches to 21 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (15 UA events from 510 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
93.4
flights/day · 2,801 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 3pm · 7pm
Day vs night
61%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–7pm local, averaging 93.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (82.2 vs 102.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (14% of 2,009 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

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 04:19 UTC