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Marion Airport

42.03110°N
-91.52930°W
ARR / DAY
6
22.4%
DEP / DAY
7
19.7%

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 6 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)

55m ago
Temp
87°F
Wind
9 kts
180°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KCID 032252Z 18009KT 10SM CLR 31/24 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP093 T03060244

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

35
51% of ops
250 land · 237 TO
17
49% of ops
240 land · 235 TO
Runway 35 carries 51% of operations (250 landings, 237 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 49%.

Approach quality

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

35 250 landings
UA 8%
17 240 landings
UA 12%
Approaches to 35 show a 8% unstable-approach rate (21 UA events from 250 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
9.5
flights/day · 284 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 3pm · 8pm
Day vs night
59%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–8pm local, averaging 9.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (8.2 vs 10.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (59% of 270 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 23:47 UTC