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Clarion Municipal Airport

42.74190°N
-93.75890°W
ARR / DAY
1
42.9%
DEP / DAY
0
0.0%

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

4h ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KCAV 030815Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/25 A2987 RMK A01

Runway intelligence

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

32
47% of ops
20 land · 0 TO
14
23% of ops
10 land · 8 TO
26
16% of ops
7 land · 2 TO
08
14% of ops
6 land · 0 TO
Runway 32 carries 47% of operations (20 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 14 at 23%.

Approach quality

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

32 20 landings
UA 5%
14 10 landings
UA 0%
26 7 landings
UA 29%
08 6 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 32 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 20 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
1.2
flights/day · 36 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 6pm · 8pm
Day vs night
56%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–8pm local, averaging 1.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (1.4 vs 1.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (31% of 36 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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