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Creston Municipal Airport

41.02140°N
-94.36330°W
ARR / DAY
1
54.5%
DEP / DAY
2
40.0%

Creston Municipal Airport (KCSQ/CSQ) is a small general aviation airport located in Creston, IA, 56 mi south west of Des Moines. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,901 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

6m ago
Temp
68°F
Wind
7 kts
220°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KCSQ 180855Z AUTO 22007KT 10SM CLR 20/19 A3005 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

16
34% of ops
108 land · 75 TO
34
33% of ops
104 land · 16 TO
22
26% of ops
84 land · 10 TO
04
7% of ops
22 land · 19 TO
Runway 16 carries 34% of operations (108 landings, 75 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 34 at 33%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

16 108 landings
UA 0%
34 104 landings
UA 2%
22 84 landings
UA 5%
04 22 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 16 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 108 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
10.2
flights/day · 307 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4pm · 8pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–8pm local, averaging 10.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (10.2 vs 10.7 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (31% of 294 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 124.750
DES MOIN 125.650
OTHER 125.650
DES MOIN 306.950
OTHER 306.950
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
4° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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