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Clarion Municipal Airport

42.74190°N
-93.75890°W
ARR / DAY
1
28.6%
DEP / DAY
1
150.0%

Clarion Municipal Airport (KCAV) is a small general aviation airport located in Clarion, IA, 79 mi north of Des Moines. It features 2 runways with the longest being 3,515 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

23h ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
4 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KCAV 191855Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM CLR 25/14 A2999 RMK A01

Runway intelligence

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

32
43% of ops
29 land · 0 TO
26
30% of ops
20 land · 4 TO
14
19% of ops
13 land · 8 TO
08
7% of ops
5 land · 12 TO
Runway 32 carries 43% of operations (29 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 30%.

Approach quality

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

32 29 landings
UA 3%
26 20 landings
UA 10%
14 13 landings
UA 31%
08 5 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 32 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 29 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
3.4
flights/day · 101 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 5pm · 10pm
Day vs night
57%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–10pm local, averaging 3.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (3.1 vs 3.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (24% of 101 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 126.575
FORT DOD 134.000
OTHER 134.000
FORT DOD 288.300
OTHER 288.300
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
3° E
Fuel:
100LL
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