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Bartow Executive Airport

27.94340°N
-81.78340°W
ARR / DAY
40
57.4%
DEP / DAY
34
41.8%

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 40 arrivals and 34 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

19m ago
Temp
93°F
Wind
6 kts
30°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KBOW 021755Z AUTO 03006KT 10SM CLR 34/24 A2998 RMK AO2 PWINO

Runway intelligence

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

09L
31% of ops
374 land · 262 TO
14
19% of ops
223 land · 13 TO
27R
10% of ops
122 land · 111 TO
23
10% of ops
117 land · 24 TO
27L
8% of ops
101 land · 25 TO
05
8% of ops
100 land · 15 TO
Runway 09L carries 31% of operations (374 landings, 262 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 14 at 19%.

Approach quality

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

09L 374 landings
UA 3%
14 223 landings
UA 18%
27R 122 landings
UA 2%
23 117 landings
UA 19%
27L 101 landings
UA 5%
05 100 landings
UA 13%
Approaches to 09L show a 3% unstable-approach rate (10 UA events from 374 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
57.7
flights/day · 1,730 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 2pm · 3pm
Day vs night
87%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 57.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (66.2 vs 57.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (30% of 1,270 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

peak 9 AM · 1 movement every 360 s
12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 18:14 UTC