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Clarion Municipal Airport

42.74190°N
-93.75890°W
ARR / DAY
1
0.0%
DEP / DAY
0
80.0%

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 3,455 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2d ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
10 kts
170°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KCAV 302035Z AUTO 17010KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A2982 RMK A01

Runway intelligence

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

32
50% of ops
14 land · 0 TO
14
25% of ops
7 land · 5 TO
26
14% of ops
4 land · 1 TO
08
11% of ops
3 land · 0 TO
Runway 32 carries 50% of operations (14 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 14 at 25%.

Approach quality

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

32 14 landings
UA 7%
14 7 landings
UA 29%
26 4 landings
UA 25%
08 3 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 32 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 14 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
1.3
flights/day · 40 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 1pm · 6pm
Day vs night
65%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–6pm local, averaging 1.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.9× weekday (2.1 vs 1.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (40% of 40 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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