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Bartow Executive Airport

27.94340°N
-81.78340°W
ARR / DAY
32
▲ 19.6%
DEP / DAY
29
▲ 16.2%

Bartow Executive Airport (KBOW/BOW) is a small general aviation airport located in Bartow, FL. It features 4 runways with the longest being 5,001 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 32 arrivals and 29 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

54m ago
Temp
91°F
Wind
6 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KBOW 011635Z AUTO VRB06G13KT 10SM FEW041 SCT047 SCT055 33/25 A3005 RMK AO2 PWINO

Runways

4 installed

5,001 FT MAX
05/23
5,001 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED
09L/27R
5,000 ft × 150
ASP● LITMED
09R/27L
4,416 ft × 150
ASP○ unlit
14/32
5,000 ft × 150
ASP○ unlitCLOSED

Runway intelligence

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

09L
29% of ops
300 land · 211 TO
14
18% of ops
186 land · 11 TO
27R
12% of ops
118 land · 111 TO
23
10% of ops
105 land · 27 TO
05
9% of ops
89 land · 12 TO
27L
8% of ops
86 land · 25 TO
Runway 09L carries 29% of operations (300 landings, 211 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 14 at 18%.

Approach quality

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

09L 300 landings
UA 3%
14 186 landings
UA 19%
27R 118 landings
UA 2%
23 105 landings
UA 15%
05 89 landings
UA 13%
27L 86 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 09L show a 3% unstable-approach rate (9 UA events from 300 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
53.7
flights/day · 1,611 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 2pm · 3pm
Day vs night
86%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 53.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (54.9 vs 55.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

359 · 30%
337 · 28%
69 · 6%
55 · 5%
49 · 4%
42 · 4%
Activity is led by (30% of 1,191 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 121.200 —
TWR 121.200 0730-1730
TWR 121.500 0730-1730
GND 121.900 0730-1730
APCH 119.900 —
APCH 120.650 —
APCH 290.300 —
UNICOM 122.950 —
AWOS 123.775 —
LCL/P 121.200 0730-1730
LCL/S 121.500 0730-1730
EMERG 121.500 0730-1730
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMA
Mag var:
4° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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