Appleton International Airport

Appleton International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorOutagamie County
ServesAppleton, Wisconsin/Fox Cities
LocationGreenville, Wisconsin
OpenedAugust 22, 1965; 59 years ago (1965-08-22)
Operating base forAllegiant Air[1] Air Wisconsin Gulfstream
Time zoneCST (UTC−06:00)
 • Summer (DST)CDT (UTC−05:00)
Elevation AMSL918 ft / 280 m
Coordinates44°15′29″N 088°31′09″W / 44.25806°N 88.51917°W / 44.25806; -88.51917
WebsiteATWairport.com
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FAA airport diagram
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ATW is located in Wisconsin
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Location of airport in Wisconsin
ATW is located in the United States
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
03/21 8,003 2,439 Concrete
12/30 6,502 1,982 Concrete
Statistics (12 months ending July 2024 except where noted)
Passenger volume1,007,000
Departing passengers506,000
Scheduled flights7,132
Cargo (lb.)15 mil
Aircraft operations (2022)49,384
Based aircraft (2024)74
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Appleton International Airport (IATA: ATW, ICAO: KATW, FAA LID: ATW), formerly Outagamie County Regional Airport,[4] is an airport located in Greenville, Wisconsin, United States, 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) west of Appleton.[2] It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2025–2029. Along with Madison’s Dane County Regional Airport, it is one of two airports in the State of Wisconsin categorized as a small hub.[5][6] The airport covers 1,638 acres (6.63 km2) at an elevation of 918 feet (280 m) above sea level.[2][7]

It is the third busiest of eight commercial airports in Wisconsin in terms of passengers served.[3] In 2016 the airport contributed $676 million to the Northeastern Wisconsin economy.[8][9] In May 2018, Appleton International Airport was the fourth fastest growing airport in the US.[10] It is the main base of privately owned regional airline Air Wisconsin and was the original home of Midwest Airlines. Midwest Airlines grew out of Kimberly-Clark subsidiary K-C Aviation, which was sold in 1998 to Gulfstream Aerospace,[11][12] which retains a major facility at the airport, focusing on maintenance, interior completions, and exterior painting for the company's G600, G650, and G700 products.

The airport attracts people heading back and forth between the EAA's AirVenture, Air Academy and other programs in nearby Oshkosh. Starting in 2017, the airport began to offer camping for AirVenture.[13] Appleton International is also used for people heading to events at Lambeau Field in nearby Green Bay, most popularly Green Bay Packers games.[14][15]

  1. ^ "Allegiant Announces New Aircraft And Crew Bases In Appleton, Wisconsin and Flint, Michigan". Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for ATW PDF, effective August 8, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference transtats.bts.gov was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Outagamie County airport goes international".
  5. ^ "NPIAS Report 2025-2029 Appendix A" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. October 28, 2024. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  6. ^ "Preliminary CY 2020 Enplanements at Commercial Service Airports, Rank Order" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. June 4, 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 23, 2021. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
  7. ^ "ATW airport data at skyvector.com". skyvector.com. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
  8. ^ "Airport's economic impact tops $265 million". Press Gazette Media. Retrieved September 21, 2017. Appleton generated $676 million in local impact
  9. ^ "Economic Impact - Appleton International Airport (ATW)". Appleton International Airport (ATW). Archived from the original on September 22, 2017. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
  10. ^ "These Are America's Fastest-Growing Airports". Bloomberg.com. May 31, 2018. Archived from the original on May 31, 2018. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  11. ^ "COMPANY NEWS; GULFSTREAM BUYING KIMBERLY-CLARK AVIATION UNIT". New York Times. July 25, 1998. Archived from the original on May 27, 2015. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
  12. ^ "Gulfstream buys air services firm". Rome News-Tribune. (Georgia). Bloomberg. July 26, 1998. p. 2E.
  13. ^ "Appleton International Airport offering camping sites during EAA AirVenture". Fox 11. February 18, 2017. Archived from the original on August 17, 2017. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
  14. ^ Ryman, Richard (April 27, 2016). "Green Bay has few options for visiting NFL teams". Packers News. Green Bay, Wisconsin. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
  15. ^ Maureen, Wallenfang (August 20, 2015). "Radisson expects to continue hosting NFL teams". Post Crescent. Appleton, Wisconsin: Gannet. Retrieved September 18, 2016.