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Chariton Municipal Airport

41.01960°N
-93.35970°W
ARR / DAY
4
733.3%
DEP / DAY
5
3100.0%

Chariton Municipal Airport (KCNC) is a small general aviation airport located in Chariton, IA, 42 mi south of Des Moines. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

6h ago
Temp
61°F
Wind
3 kts
170°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KCNC 241115Z AUTO 17003KT 10SM CLR 16/15 A3004 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

28
37% of ops
20 land · 4 TO
10
30% of ops
16 land · 1 TO
17
17% of ops
9 land · 5 TO
35
17% of ops
9 land · 16 TO
Runway 28 carries 37% of operations (20 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 10 at 30%.

Approach quality

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

28 20 landings
UA 5%
10 16 landings
UA 6%
17 9 landings
UA 0%
35 9 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 28 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
3.0
flights/day · 91 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 2pm · 1pm
Day vs night
81%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 3.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 4.2× weekday (7.0 vs 1.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (16% of 76 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 123.900
APCH 360.700
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 125.525
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
3° 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

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
AlanM70
11/17/2023
Picked up My first Lifeline pilot passengers.
Didn't see much of it as I was meeting another pilot from Rochester, MN to fly second leg to Lamar, Mo
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