Bartow Executive
BOW · KBOW · Bartow, Florida · Polk County · map
Bartow Executive is a public-use airport, 4 miles northeast of Bartow, Florida, 125 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 5,001 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 135 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 64,032 takeoffs and landings a year. About 6 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KBOW · observed 6:35 pm EDT (22:35 UTC), 18 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 9 miles
- Sky: scattered clouds at 700 feet, scattered clouds at 1,100 feet, scattered clouds at 2,500 feet
- Temperature 79°F (26°C), dew point 79°F (26°C)
- Altimeter 29.88 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KBOW 062235Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM SCT007 SCT011 SCT025 26/26 A2988 RMK AO2 PWINO
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BOW · ICAO KBOW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 125 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:30 am to 5:30 pm
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Miami sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1944
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 5,001 × 100 ft | Asphalt, poor | Medium-intensity lights |
| 09L/27R | 5,000 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 09R/27L | 4,416 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, poor |
- Runway 05: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 34 ft high 1,290 ft from the end
- Runway 23: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 23 ft high 770 ft from the end
- Runway 09L: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 62 ft high 2,290 ft from the end
- Runway 27R: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, tree 28 ft high 1,130 ft from the end
- Runway 09R: right-hand traffic pattern, trees 56 ft high 1,900 ft from the end
- Runway 27L: trees 40 ft high 1,000 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 121.2 | Bartow |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Ground | 121.9 | Bartow |
| Emergency · Tower (secondary) | 121.5 | Bartow |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) | 119.9 | Bartow |
| Approach and departure | 120.65 | Bartow |
| Bow and aWOS-3 | 123.775 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 863-533-9004.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 64,032, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Bartow from the FAA register
40 aircraft are registered to owners in Bartow, Florida: 30 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 3 drones, 2 helicopters, 1 glider. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Florida.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 13 since 1982, 3 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Activate runway end identifier lightss runway 05, 09L, 23 and 27R; PAPI runways 05, 09L, 23, and 27R; medium-intensity runway lights runways 05/23 and 09L/27R; and wind cone - the common traffic frequency. Runway end identifier lights runways 05, 09L, 23 and 27R oper when medium-intensity runway lights runways 05/23 and 09L/27R high intst only.
- Unattnd easter, independance day, thanksgiving and christmas.
- 100LL available 24 hours with credit card.
- Runway 05 markings stained and in poor condition.
- Runway 09R markings discolored and in poor condition.
- Runway 23 markings stained and in poor condition.
- Runway 27L markings discolored and in poor condition.
- Cracking thrut runway 05/23.
- Runway 09R/27L cracking throughout producing loose aggregate.
- Runway 27L concrete 1ST 300 feet.
- Overhead power lines in T-HANGAR area - approx 20' vertical clearance.
- Wildlife in the vicinity of airport.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.