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KATW · ATW

Appleton International Airport

44.25810°N
-88.51910°W
ARR / DAY
39
2.3%
DEP / DAY
46
6.6%

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 39 arrivals and 46 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

10h ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
6 kts
270°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KATW 010755Z AUTO 27006KT 10SM SCT037 BKN042 25/23 A2991 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

21
31% of ops
496 land · 507 TO
30
30% of ops
478 land · 554 TO
03
26% of ops
416 land · 409 TO
29
7% of ops
113 land · 123 TO
12
5% of ops
73 land · 26 TO
11
2% of ops
28 land · 10 TO
Runway 21 carries 31% of operations (496 landings, 507 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 30 at 30%.

Approach quality

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

21 496 landings
UA 3%
30 478 landings
UA 6%
03 416 landings
UA 4%GA 0.2%
29 113 landings
UA 4%
12 73 landings
UA 7%
11 28 landings
UA 7%
Approaches to 21 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (16 UA events from 496 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
89.5
flights/day · 2,686 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 7pm · 8pm
Day vs night
60%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–8pm local, averaging 89.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (87.8 vs 94.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (14% of 1,914 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 18:01 UTC