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K8C4 ·

Mathews Memorial Airport

41.76340°N

-91.15290°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 0.0%

DEP / DAY

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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.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

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

36m ago

Temp

32°F

Wind

7 kts

200°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KCID 031730Z AUTO 20007KT 10SM CLR 32/22 A2992 RMK T03200220 MADISHF

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

55% of ops

18 land · 12 TO

45% of ops

15 land · 18 TO

Runway 11 carries 55% of operations (18 landings, 12 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 29 at 45%.

Approach quality

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

11 18 landings

UA 11%

29 15 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 11 show a 11% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 18 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

1.8

flights/day · 53 total

Busy hour (local)

2pm

also 1pm · 12am

Day vs night

72%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 12am–2pm local, averaging 1.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (1.5 vs 2.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (23% of 53 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

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