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Manchester Municipal Airport

42.49330°N
-91.49850°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
1
66.7%

Manchester Municipal Airport (KC27) is a small general aviation airport located in Manchester, IA, 34 mi north of Cedar Rapids. It features 1 runway measuring 3,465 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 0 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KDBQ, 41 mi away (KC27 does not publish METAR)

52m ago
Temp
64°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KDBQ 170553Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/16 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP171 T01780161 10233 20178 402780178 53006 $

Runways

1 installed

3,465 FT MAX
18/36
3,465 ft × 50
ASP● LITLOW

Runway intelligence

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

36
63% of ops
36 land · 8 TO
18
37% of ops
21 land · 18 TO
Runway 36 carries 63% of operations (36 landings, 8 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 37%.

Approach quality

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

36 36 landings
UA 8%
18 21 landings
UA 14%
Approaches to 36 show a 8% unstable-approach rate (3 UA events from 36 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
3.1
flights/day · 93 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 12am · 4pm
Day vs night
69%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–6pm local, averaging 3.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.4× weekday (4.1 vs 2.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (20% of 85 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.900
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Elevation:
987 ft
Mag var:
2° 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
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 06:45 UTC