KATW — Appleton Intl
Appleton, WI · field elevation 918 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KATW current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KATW 100145Z 21008KT 10SM BKN120 11/06 A2992
- Wind
- from 210° at 8 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 12,000 ft AGL
- Temperature
- 11 °C / dewpoint 6 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.92 inHg
- Density altitude
- 659 ft · pressure altitude 918 ft
- Observed
- 55 minutes ago
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Wind on each runway
Wind 210° at 8 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | 8 kt head | 1 kt from the right |
| 30 | 1 kt head | 8 kt from the left |
| 12 | 1 kt tail | 8 kt from the right |
| 03 | 8 kt tail | 1 kt from the left |
Calculator: crosswind components
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, 35,000–35,000 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 092328Z 1000/1024 21008KT P6SM BKN120 FM100500 29006KT P6SM SKC
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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
- 1243Z / 2232Z
- Tower hours
- 0530-2300
- Magnetic variation
- 2°W (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
- 8 approaches — ILS, LOC, RNAV (GPS)
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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- 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.