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Marion Airport

42.03110°N
-91.52930°W
ARR / DAY
6
38.6%
DEP / DAY
6
43.8%

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 6 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

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

1h ago
Temp
89°F
Wind
5 kts
240°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KCID 022152Z 24005KT 10SM CLR 32/23 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP114 T03170228

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
52% of ops
250 land · 236 TO
35
48% of ops
230 land · 226 TO
Runway 17 carries 52% of operations (250 landings, 236 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35 at 48%.

Approach quality

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

17 250 landings
UA 12%
35 230 landings
UA 8%
Approaches to 17 show a 12% unstable-approach rate (30 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
9.4
flights/day · 282 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 3pm · 8pm
Day vs night
58%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–8pm local, averaging 9.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (8.5 vs 10.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (58% of 268 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 22:53 UTC