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📍 Creston⬆ 1,300 ft2 runways
KCSQ · CSQ

Creston Municipal Airport

41.02140°N
-94.36330°W
ARR / DAY
2
0.0%
DEP / DAY
1
28.6%

Creston Municipal Airport (KCSQ/CSQ) is a small general aviation airport located in Creston, IA, 56 mi south west of Des Moines. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,901 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
9 kts
190°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KCSQ 281635Z AUTO 19009KT 10SM CLR 26/18 A3018 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

16
53% of ops
33 land · 18 TO
22
21% of ops
13 land · 0 TO
34
16% of ops
10 land · 11 TO
04
10% of ops
6 land · 2 TO
Runway 16 carries 53% of operations (33 landings, 18 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 22 at 21%.

Approach quality

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

16 33 landings
UA 0%
22 13 landings
UA 0%
34 10 landings
UA 10%
04 6 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 16 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 33 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
4.0
flights/day · 119 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 7pm · 9pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–9pm local, averaging 4.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (2.0 vs 4.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (22% of 114 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 124.750
DES MOIN 125.650
OTHER 125.650
DES MOIN 306.950
OTHER 306.950
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
4° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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