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FORM 4

                                            U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                             Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935 of Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1.  Name and address of Reporting Person* ROBERT J. MCKENNA	2.  Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ASTRONICS CORPORATION (ATRO)		6.  Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer      (Check all applicable)   [ X ]  Director               [   ] 10% Owner   [    ] Officer (give           [   ] Other (specify            title below)                 below)
(Last)                   (First)                (Middle) 190 24th Place	3.  I.R.S. Identification      Number of Reporting      Person, if an Entity      (Voluntary)	4. Statement for Month/Day/Year March 19, 2003
(Street) Owatonna, MN  55060		5.  If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)	7.  Individual or Joint/Group Filing      (Check applicable box) [X ]  Form filed by One Reporting Person [    ] Form filed by More than One Reporting        person
(City)                   (State)                  (Zip)	Table 1 - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.  Title of Security      (Instr. 3)	2.  Transaction Date Month/Day/ Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/ Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or     Disposed of (D)     (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transactions (Instr. 3 and 4)	6.Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
$01 Par Value Common Stock								1100	D
$01 Par Value Class B Stock								412	D

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*If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).

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Form 4 (continued)            Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
                                                                    (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1.  Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2.Conver-sion or Exercise Price of Deri- vative Security

3.Trans-action Date (Month/ Day/ Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/ Day/ Year)

4.Trans-action Code (Instr.8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Ac- quired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)

6.Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7.Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Deriv- ative Secur- ity (Instr. 5)

9.Number of deriv- Secur- ities Bene- ficially Owned Follow- ing Reported Trans- action(s) (Instr. 4)

10.Owner-ship Form of Deriv- ative Security Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exer- cisable

Expira- tion Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Option*

$3.13

03/18/03

J(1)

5924

02/13/98

02/13/07

$01 PV Com Stk

5924

5924

D

Option*

$3.13

03/18/03

J(1)

2221

02/13/98

02/13/07

$.01 PV CL B Stk

2221

2221

D

Option*

$3.729

03/18/03

J(1)

7405

02/06/99

02/06/08

$01 PV Com Stk

7405

7405

D

Option*

$3.729

03/18/03

J(1)

2776

02/06/99

02/06/08

$.01 PV CL B Stk

2776

2776

D

Option*

$5.536

03/18/03

J(1)

5386

02/05/00

02/05/09

$01 PV Com Stk

5386

5386

D

Option*

$5.536

03/18/03

J(1)

2019

02/05/00

02/05/09

$.01 PV CL B Stk

2019

2019

D

Option*

$4.929

03/18/03

J(1)

5386

02/15/01

02/15/10

$01 PV Com Stk

5386

5386

D

Option*

$4.929

03/18/03

J(1)

2019

02/15/01

02/15/10

$.01 PV CL B Stk

2019

2019

D

Option*

$9.323

03/18/03

J(1)

5385

02/15/02

02/15/11

$01 PV Com Stk

5385

5385

D

Option*

$9.323

03/18/03

J(1)

1346

02/15/02

02/15/11

$.01 PV CL B Stk

1346

1346

D

Option*

$6.885

03/18/03

J(1)

5385

08/14/02

08/14/12

$01 PV Com Stk

5385

5385

D

Option*

$4.783

03/18/03

J(1)

5385

08/11/03

08/11/13

$01 PV Com Stk

5385

5385

D

Explanation of Responses:

*Options granted pursuant to Stock Option Plan

(1) Substitution options as a result of the MOD-PAC spin-off.

**  Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations      See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C/ 78ff(a).	/s/ C. Anthony Rider, as Power of Attorney for ROBERT J. MCKENNA	February 13, 2003
	**Signature of Reporting Person	Date
	C. Anthony Rider, as Power of Attorney for ROBERT J. MCKENNA
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