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KATW · ATW

Appleton International Airport

44.25810°N
-88.51910°W
ARR / DAY
45
22.2%
DEP / DAY
54
34.3%

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 45 arrivals and 54 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

16h ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
3 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KATW 281445Z VRB03KT 10SM SCT090 22/17 A3015

Runway intelligence

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

21
30% of ops
498 land · 493 TO
30
28% of ops
469 land · 568 TO
03
27% of ops
444 land · 447 TO
29
8% of ops
134 land · 169 TO
12
4% of ops
72 land · 25 TO
11
2% of ops
32 land · 10 TO
Runway 21 carries 30% of operations (498 landings, 493 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 30 at 28%.

Approach quality

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

21 498 landings
UA 3%
30 469 landings
UA 6%
03 444 landings
UA 4%
29 134 landings
UA 4%
12 72 landings
UA 7%
11 32 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 21 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (15 UA events from 498 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
90.8
flights/day · 2,723 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 3pm · 7pm
Day vs night
61%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–7pm local, averaging 90.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (82.2 vs 98.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (15% of 1,951 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 07:37 UTC