# Willows Glenn County Airport (WLW / KWLW)

**Willows Glenn County Airport** (IATA: WLW, ICAO: KWLW) is a small airport in Willows, California, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 4,125 ft (1,257 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kwlw

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: WLW / KWLW
- FAA: WLW
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Willows, California, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 141 ft / 43 m
- Coordinates: 39.5164, -122.2180
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 4,125 ft / 1,257 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willows-Glenn_County_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8022445
- Weather station: KWLW
- Ident: KWLW

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Willows Glenn County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 4,125 ft / 1,257 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 178° / 358° | yes |
| 13/31 | 3,788 ft / 1,155 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Asphalt | 145° / 325° |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,125 ft / 1,257 m | #9,223 of 29,858 | #3,564 in North America | #2,965 in US |
| Elevation | 141 ft / 43 m | =35,559 of 43,403 | =16,158 in North America | =13,563 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CNTR | OAKLAND CNTR | 132.200 |
| RDO | RANCHO RDO | 110.000 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

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## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kwlw/data