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Bartow Executive Airport

27.94340°N
-81.78340°W
ARR / DAY
38
47.2%
DEP / DAY
33
33.9%

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 38 arrivals and 33 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

3h 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
30% of ops
404 land · 288 TO
14
18% of ops
235 land · 15 TO
27R
11% of ops
150 land · 139 TO
23
11% of ops
147 land · 45 TO
05
9% of ops
116 land · 14 TO
27L
8% of ops
106 land · 28 TO
Runway 09L carries 30% of operations (404 landings, 288 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 404 landings
UA 3%
14 235 landings
UA 17%
27R 150 landings
UA 1%
23 147 landings
UA 16%
05 116 landings
UA 12%
27L 106 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 09L show a 3% unstable-approach rate (11 UA events from 404 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
56.9
flights/day · 1,706 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 2pm · 3pm
Day vs night
86%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 56.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (58.0 vs 59.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (30% of 1,262 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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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 21:04 UTC