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Mathews Memorial Airport

41.76340°N
-91.15290°W
ARR / DAY
0
91.7%
DEP / DAY
0
81.8%

Mathews Memorial Airport (K8C4) is a small general aviation airport located in Tipton, IA, 30 mi south east of Cedar Rapids. It features 1 runway measuring 3,000 feet.

Current weather

From KCID, 30 mi away (K8C4 does not publish METAR)

27m ago
Temp
78°F
Wind
7 kts
310°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KCID 172052Z 31007KT 10SM CLR 26/16 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP176 T02560161 58012

Runways

1 installed

3,000 FT MAX
11/29
3,000 ft × 60
CON● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

11
54% of ops
57 land · 26 TO
29
46% of ops
49 land · 37 TO
Runway 11 carries 54% of operations (57 landings, 26 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 29 at 46%.

Approach quality

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

11 57 landings
UA 11%
29 49 landings
UA 8%
Approaches to 11 show a 11% unstable-approach rate (6 UA events from 57 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
5.3
flights/day · 160 total
Busy hour (local)
12am
also 5pm · 10pm
Day vs night
54%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–10pm local, averaging 5.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (4.5 vs 5.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (38% of 160 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.900
APCH 119.700
APCH 266.800
CEDAR RA 132.800
OTHER 132.800
CEDAR RA 328.400
OTHER 328.400
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Elevation:
840 ft
Mag var:
2° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 21:19 UTC