KATW — Appleton Intl
Appleton, WI · field elevation 918 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
1 AIRMET & SIGMET Read in the EFB →
KATW current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
SPECI KATW 111030Z 08005KT 10SM SCT120 22/20 A2993
- Wind
- from 080° at 5 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- sct, no ceiling
- Temperature
- 22 °C / dewpoint 20 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.93 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,953 ft · pressure altitude 908 ft
- Observed
- 106 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 080° at 5 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | 4 kt head | 3 kt from the left |
| 03 | 3 kt head | 4 kt from the right |
| 21 | 3 kt tail | 4 kt from the left |
| 30 | 4 kt tail | 3 kt from the right |
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Pilot reports
1 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 600–600 ft.
Read them where they were filed — in the EFB →
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KATW 111120Z 1112/1212 VRB04KT P6SM OVC100 FM111400 12003KT P6SM -SHRA BKN090 TEMPO 1114/1117 4SM -SHRA BKN070 FM111700 17005KT P6SM SCT100 FM112300 VRB03KT P6SM SCT200 FM120900 VRB03KT 3SM BR BKN040
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 44.25809, -88.51907
- Elevation
- 918 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1053Z / 0105Z
- Tower hours
- 0530-2300
- Magnetic variation
- -2° (1995)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Green Bay
- County
- Outagamie, WI
Airport diagram
Everything else KATW publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 8,003 | 150 | CONC | HIGH |
| 12/30 | 6,502 | 150 | CONC | HIGH |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 127.15
- Tower 0530-2300
- 119.6
- Ground
- 121.7
- CTAF
- 119.6
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach
- 126.3
Published procedures
- 10 approaches — ILS, LD, LOC, RNAV (GPS)
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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- KGRB Green Bay/Austin Straubel Intl22 nm
- KPCZ Waupaca Muni22 nm
- KFLD Fond Du Lac County29 nm
- KEZS Shawano Muni32 nm
- KMTW Manitowoc County37 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KATW airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Wisconsin airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.