📍 Estherville⬆ 1,319 ft2 runways
KEST · EST
Estherville Municipal Airport
43.40740°N
-94.74640°W
ARR / DAY
2
▼
51.6%
DEP / DAY
3
▼
41.9%
Estherville Municipal Airport (KEST/EST) is a small general aviation airport located in Estherville, IA, 100 mi east of Sioux Falls. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,797 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
81°F
Wind
8 kts
290°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
24
34% of ops
63 land · 29 TO
34
25% of ops
47 land · 48 TO
16
25% of ops
46 land · 14 TO
06
16% of ops
30 land · 22 TO
Runway 24 carries 34% of operations (63 landings, 29 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 34 at 25%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
24
63 landings
UA 2%
34
47 landings
UA 0%
16
46 landings
UA 0%
06
30 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 24 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 63 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
6.4
flights/day · 191 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 2am · 1pm
Day vs night
58%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-06-11| Type | Freq (MHz) | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.975 | — |
| UNICOM | 122.975 | — |
| ASOS | 121.425 | — |
| OTHER | 127.750 | — |
| FAIRMONT | 127.750 | — |
| OTHER | 257.700 | — |
| FAIRMONT | 257.700 | — |
Airport operations
- ARTCC:
- ZMP
- Mag var:
- 1° E
- Fuel:
- 100LL, A+
Hourly traffic
Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days
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