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Algona Municipal Airport

43.07790°N
-94.27200°W
ARR / DAY
0
▲ 50.0%
DEP / DAY
1
▼ 20.0%

Algona Municipal Airport (KAXA/AXG) is a small general aviation airport located in Algona, IA, 108 mi north of Des Moines. It features 2 runways with the longest being 3,960 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 0 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

7m ago
Temp
64°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KAXA 171315Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/18 A3013 RMK A01

Runways

2 installed

3,960 FT MAX
12/30
3,960 ft × 75
CON● LIT
18/36
2,880 ft × 160
GRS○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

30
53% of ops
50 land · 16 TO
36
20% of ops
19 land · 7 TO
12
15% of ops
14 land · 21 TO
18
13% of ops
12 land · 9 TO
Runway 30 carries 53% of operations (50 landings, 16 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 20%.

Approach quality

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

30 50 landings
UA 4%
36 19 landings
UA 0%
12 14 landings
UA 0%
18 12 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 30 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 50 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
4.3
flights/day · 130 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 3pm · 7pm
Day vs night
76%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–7pm local, averaging 4.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.5× weekday (6.0 vs 3.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

27 · 24%
20 · 18%
9 · 8%
9 · 8%
6 · 5%
5 · 4%
Activity is led by (24% of 112 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
AWOS 118.475 —
OTHER 134.000 —
FORT DOD 134.000 —
OTHER 288.300 —
FORT DOD 288.300 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
3° 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

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
AlanM70
8/31/2021
Nice Airport, Clean newer FBO
Always fun to add a new airport. Flew in for a family reunion. Was met by family but do have curtesy car.
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