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Marion Airport

42.03110°N
-91.52930°W
ARR / DAY
4
15.4%
DEP / DAY
5
37.0%

Marion Airport (KC17) is a small general aviation airport located in Marion, IA. It features 1 runway measuring 3,776 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KCID, 14 mi away (KC17 does not publish METAR)

36m ago
Temp
66°F
Wind
6 kts
180°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KCID 211052Z 18006KT 8SM BKN120 19/18 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP157 T01890178 $

Runways

1 installed

3,776 FT MAX
17/35
3,776 ft × 60
COM● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

17
54% of ops
187 land · 202 TO
35
46% of ops
161 land · 143 TO
Runway 17 carries 54% of operations (187 landings, 202 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35 at 46%.

Approach quality

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

17 187 landings
UA 6%
35 161 landings
UA 10%
Approaches to 17 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (12 UA events from 187 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
9.3
flights/day · 279 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 3pm · 6pm
Day vs night
65%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–7pm local, averaging 9.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (8.8 vs 10.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (56% of 264 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.700
APCH 134.050
APCH 266.800
UNICOM 122.700
CEDAR RA 132.800
OTHER 132.800
CEDAR RA 328.400
OTHER 328.400
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Mag var:
2° E
Fuel:
100LL, MOGAS

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 11:28 UTC