ATW

Appleton International Airport

ICAO KATW44.2585°N 88.5190°W918 ft / 280 mMedium airport
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KATW FAA Airport Diagram
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Appleton International Airport (IATA: ATW, ICAO: KATW) is a medium airport in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States. It opened on 22 Aug 1965. It has 2 runways; the longest is 8,003 ft (2,439 m). In 2025 it handled 1.3 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1965–1965
22 AUG 1965
OpenedAppleton International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
Airline TerminalUS Customs and Border ProtectionAppleton Flight Center
03/21026° / 206° · LIT
LENGTH8,003 ft2,439 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
12/30116° / 296° · LIT
LENGTH6,502 ft1,982 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2015–2025
516K
542K
562K
694K
770K
368K
704K
830K
949K
1.1M
1.3M
1516171819202122232425

Routes

23 destinations · 1 country
1,000 km2,000 km3,000 km500 mi1,000 mi1,500 miORD · Chicago O'Hare International Airport · 160 mi / 258 kmMSP · Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field · 235 mi / 379 kmDTW · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · 296 mi / 476 kmBNA · Nashville International Airport · 570 mi / 918 kmCLT · Charlotte Douglas International Airport · 743 mi / 1,195 kmATL · Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · 766 mi / 1,232 kmEWR · Newark Liberty International Airport · 771 mi / 1,240 kmDEN · Denver International Airport · 881 mi / 1,418 kmDFW · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · 908 mi / 1,462 kmGUF · Jack Edwards National Airport · 966 mi / 1,555 kmSFB · Orlando Sanford International Airport · 1,143 mi / 1,839 kmMCO · Orlando International Airport · 1,164 mi / 1,873 kmPIE · St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport · 1,175 mi / 1,891 kmSRQ · Sarasota Bradenton International Airport · 1,211 mi / 1,949 kmPGD · Punta Gorda Airport · 1,252 mi / 2,015 kmRSW · Southwest Florida International Airport · 1,281 mi / 2,062 kmFLL · Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport · 1,341 mi / 2,158 kmAZA · Mesa Gateway Airport · 1,450 mi / 2,334 kmLAS · Harry Reid International Airport · 1,507 mi / 2,425 kmSNA · John Wayne Orange County International Airport · 1,726 mi / 2,777 kmSAV · Savannah Hilton Head International Airport · 926 mi / 1,491 kmPHX · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport · 1,461 mi / 2,351 kmPDX · Portland International Airport · 1,657 mi / 2,667 kmSNAPDXLASPHXFLLSRQSFBGUFSAVDFWDENEWRATLCLTBNADTWMSPORDRSWPGDPIEMCOAZAATW
Year-round20
ORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Express, American Eagle258 km160 miMSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldUnited States · Delta Connection379 km235 miDTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportUnited States · Delta Connection476 km296 miBNANashville International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air918 km570 miCLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,195 km743 miATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines1,232 km766 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,240 km771 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air, United Airlines1,418 km881 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,462 km908 miGUFJack Edwards National AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,555 km966 miSFBOrlando Sanford International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,839 km1,143 miMCOOrlando International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,873 km1,164 miPIESt. Petersburg Clearwater International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,891 km1,175 miSRQSarasota Bradenton International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,949 km1,211 miPGDPunta Gorda AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air2,015 km1,252 miRSWSouthwest Florida International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air2,062 km1,281 miFLLFort Lauderdale Hollywood International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air2,158 km1,341 miAZAMesa Gateway AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air2,334 km1,450 miLASHarry Reid International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air2,425 km1,507 miSNAJohn Wayne Orange County International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air2,777 km1,726 mi
Most destinationsAllegiant Air 16American Eagle 4Delta Connection 3United Express 1Delta Air Lines 1United Airlines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from ATW. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Appleton International Airport” (revision of 25 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers1.3M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#741of 3,974 · #183 North America · #127 USLongest runway8,003 ft2,439 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,713of 29,823 · =551 North America · =407 USElevation918 ft280 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=19,141of 43,341 · =8,700 North America · =7,046 USAgeOpened 19652026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=5,474of 15,079 · =3,849 North America · =3,767 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

6 channels
A/DGREEN BAY APP/DEP126.300
ATISATIS127.150
CTAFCTAF119.600
GNDAPPLETON GND121.700
TWRAPPLETON TWR119.600
UNICUNICOM122.950