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KATW · ATW

Appleton International Airport

44.25810°N
-88.51910°W
ARR / DAY
49
11.7%
DEP / DAY
57
13.4%

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 49 arrivals and 57 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

12h ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KATW 021545Z 00000KT 10SM SCT007 BKN100 22/20 A2995

Runway intelligence

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

21
31% of ops
858 land · 929 TO
03
25% of ops
708 land · 707 TO
29
21% of ops
591 land · 664 TO
30
17% of ops
473 land · 544 TO
11
4% of ops
101 land · 36 TO
12
3% of ops
71 land · 25 TO
Runway 21 carries 31% of operations (858 landings, 929 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 03 at 25%.

Approach quality

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

21 858 landings
UA 3%GA 0.1%
03 708 landings
UA 5%
29 591 landings
UA 5%
30 473 landings
UA 6%
11 101 landings
UA 7%
12 71 landings
UA 8%
Approaches to 21 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (27 UA events from 858 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
103.2
flights/day · 3,095 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 7pm · 8pm
Day vs night
59%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–8pm local, averaging 103.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (87.6 vs 114.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (15% of 2,278 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 03:46 UTC