Appleton International Airport

Appleton International Airport
IATA: ATW – ICAO: KATW – FAA LID: ATW
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner/Operator Outagamie County
Serves Appleton, Wisconsin
Location Greenville, Wisconsin
Elevation AMSL 918 ft / 280 m
Coordinates 44°15′29″N 088°31′09″W / 44.25806°N 88.51917°W / 44.25806; -88.51917Coordinates: 44°15′29″N 088°31′09″W / 44.25806°N 88.51917°W / 44.25806; -88.51917
Website ATWairport.com
Map
ATW

Location in Wisconsin

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
3/21 8,002 2,439 Concrete
12/30 6,501 1,982 Concrete
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2014) 32,980
Based aircraft (2016) 71
Total Passengers Served (12 months ending Jan 2016) 512,990

Appleton International Airport (IATA: ATW, ICAO: KATW, FAA LID: ATW), formerly Outagamie County Regional Airport,[2] is an airport located in Outagamie County, Wisconsin, United States, just west of Appleton in the town of Greenville.[1] It is the third-busiest commercial airport in Wisconsin in terms of passengers served.[3]

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. K-C Aviation is now part of Gulfstream Aerospace.

The airport also attracts people heading back and forth between the EAA's AirVenture, Air Academy and other programs.

History

The airport opened with one runway (5200-ft runway 12) around 1965.

In 1933 Appleton's airport was George A Whiting Field,[4] three miles south of town; by 1936 the municipal airport had opened northeast of town on the south side of US 41, southeast of the intersection at 44°17′15″N 88°22′30″W / 44.2874°N 88.3749°W / 44.2874; -88.3749 In the 1950s and when it closed it had a 3750-ft paved runway; North Central DC-3s landed there after 1958-59.

Facilities

The airport covers 1,638 acres (6.63 km2) at an elevation of 918 feet (280 m).[1] It has 2 concrete runways:

In 2014, the airport had 32,980 aircraft operations, an average of 90 per day: 60% general aviation, 27% air taxi, 12% commercial airline and <1% military. In 2016, there were 71 aircraft based at this airport: 50 single-engine, 17 multi-engine and 4 jet. [1]

Terminal

The airport added a new ground level seven-gate concourse in 2000 and renovated the existing passenger terminal, which was designed by architect Paul W. Powers. The architectural theme was representative of the river flowing through the historic paper manufacturing region.

The terminal was built in 1974, with expansions in 1983, 1990, and 1998.[5] The terminal underwent its most extensive renovation and expansion to date in 2001. The new 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m2) gate area included more spacious seating areas with natural lighting, in floor heating, new passenger paging system, and five aircraft boarding bridges; a 6th bridge for larger planes was added later.[6] It cost $10.7 million and was designed by Mead & Hunt, Inc.[7]

The terminal has 7 gates; numbered 2-8; the layout can best be explained by looking at the Terminal map

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Allegiant Air Las Vegas, Orlando/Sanford, Phoenix/Mesa, St. Petersburg/Clearwater
Delta Air Lines Atlanta, Detroit
Seasonal: Minneapolis/St. Paul
Delta Connection Atlanta, Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul
United Express Chicago–O'Hare

Aircraft Usage

Top destinations

Busiest domestic routes from ATW (Feb 2015 – Jan 2016)[8]
Rank Airport Passengers Carriers
1 Detroit, Michigan 54,440 Delta
2 Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota 52,900 Delta
3 Chicago–O'Hare, Illinois 50,410 United
4 Atlanta, Georgia 49,130 Delta
5 Las Vegas, Nevada 15,990 Allegiant
6 Orlando/Sanford, Florida 15,690 Allegiant
7 Phoenix/Mesa, Arizona 14,520 Allegiant

Cargo Operations

AirlinesDestinations
FedEx Express and FedEx Feeder[9] Madison, Milwaukee, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, Indianapolis

FedEx Express uses A300-600F aircraft; FedEx Feeder uses a variety of aircraft.

Old Glory Honor Flights

ATW holds the Old Glory Honor Flights for the Fox cities area. The Old Glory Honor Flights have been bringing veterans from World War II and the Korean war to see their memorials in Washington.[10]

Renaming

In 1983 the county board rejected a proposal to change the name to "Fox Cities Metro Airport", and three more name change efforts failed between 2003 and 2011.[11]

In February 2014 the Outagamie County Board voted[12] to rename the airport "Appleton International Airport".

The name Appleton International Airport was officially implemented on August 21, 2015, during the 50th birthday celebration of the Airport[13]

Incidents and accidents

Flight Date Aircraft Route Description Injuries Cause
Air Wisconsin Flight 671 June 29, 1972 DHC-6 Chicago, IL-
Sheboygan, WI-
Appleton, WI 		While approaching Outagamie County Regional Airport (Now Appleton International Airport), Flight 671 was involved in a midair collision over Lake Winnebago with North Central Airlines Flight 290 (Green Bay-Oshkosh-Milwaukee-Chicago; both planes crashed into the lake and sank 13 fatal
(8 on Flight 671)
(5 on Flight 290) 		Pilots of both flights failed to see and avoid the others' aircraft [14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 FAA Airport Master Record for ATW (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2015-04-19.
  2. ↑ Outagamie County airport goes international
  3. ↑ "Appleton International Airport Passengers Increase for 3rd Straight Year". ATW Flight Plan. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "Appleton Airport History". Outigamie Airport. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
  5. ↑ Mullins, Robert (October 10, 1999). "Appleton Airport Awaits Funding for Expansion". Milwaukee Business Journal. Retrieved June 13, 2012.
  6. ↑ http://www.atwairport.com/index.php/news-a-blog/atw-news/17-terminal-is-debt-free.html
  7. ↑ [Outagamie County Regional Airport terminal expansion]
  8. ↑ "Appleton Outagamie County Regional (ATW) Summary Statistics".
  9. ↑ "ATW Tenants". Appleton International Airport. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  10. ↑ "(Old Glory Honor Flights)".
  11. ↑ http://www.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2014302250412
  12. ↑ http://www.outagamie.org/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=27420
  13. ↑ "Outagamie County airport goes international".
  14. ↑ "Aircraft Accident Report North Central Airlines, Inc. Allison Convair 340/440ICV-580, N90858 and Air ,Wisconsin Inc., DHC-6, N4043B near Appleton, Wisconsin June 29, 1972" (PDF). National Transportation Safety Board. 1973-04-25. Retrieved 2016-03-13.

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