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KATW · ATW

Appleton International Airport

44.25810°N
-88.51910°W
ARR / DAY
38
14.0%
DEP / DAY
43
11.4%

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 38 arrivals and 43 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

16h ago
Temp
66°F
Wind
5 kts
310°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KATW 241545Z 31005KT 10SM CLR 19/11 A3011

Runway intelligence

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

21
31% of ops
548 land · 506 TO
03
28% of ops
505 land · 551 TO
30
23% of ops
416 land · 500 TO
29
10% of ops
183 land · 318 TO
12
4% of ops
78 land · 21 TO
11
3% of ops
54 land · 19 TO
Runway 21 carries 31% of operations (548 landings, 506 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

21 548 landings
UA 3%
03 505 landings
UA 4%
30 416 landings
UA 6%
29 183 landings
UA 5%
12 78 landings
UA 10%
11 54 landings
UA 11%
Approaches to 21 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (16 UA events from 548 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
103.5
flights/day · 3,106 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 3pm · 7pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–7pm local, averaging 103.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (113.8 vs 104.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (14% of 2,140 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 08:18 UTC