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Marion Airport

42.03110°N
-91.52930°W
ARR / DAY
7
24.3%
DEP / DAY
7
18.6%

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 7 arrivals and 7 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

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

28m ago
Temp
63°F
Wind
4 kts
160°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KCID 290452Z AUTO 16004KT 8SM CLR 17/16 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP184 T01720156

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
168 land · 178 TO
35
46% of ops
143 land · 130 TO
Runway 17 carries 54% of operations (168 landings, 178 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

17 168 landings
UA 11%
35 143 landings
UA 8%
Approaches to 17 show a 11% unstable-approach rate (18 UA events from 168 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
8.8
flights/day · 264 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 3pm · 8pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–8pm local, averaging 8.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (10.1 vs 8.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (54% of 251 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 05:20 UTC