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KATW · ATW

Appleton International Airport

44.25810°N
-88.51910°W
ARR / DAY
50
10.1%
DEP / DAY
58
11.7%

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 50 arrivals and 58 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
12 kts
310°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KATW 031545Z 31012G18KT 7SM SCT005 BKN065 23/22 A2995 RMK TSE40

Runway intelligence

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

21
30% of ops
843 land · 907 TO
03
25% of ops
706 land · 706 TO
29
21% of ops
591 land · 664 TO
30
17% of ops
470 land · 541 TO
11
4% of ops
101 land · 36 TO
12
3% of ops
70 land · 25 TO
Runway 21 carries 30% of operations (843 landings, 907 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

21 843 landings
UA 3%GA 0.1%
03 706 landings
UA 5%
29 591 landings
UA 5%
30 470 landings
UA 6%
11 101 landings
UA 7%
12 70 landings
UA 9%
Approaches to 21 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (27 UA events from 843 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
102.4
flights/day · 3,072 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 7pm · 8pm
Day vs night
58%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–8pm local, averaging 102.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (87.6 vs 112.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (15% of 2,253 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 17:20 UTC