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Jefferson Municipal Airport

42.01020°N
-94.34260°W
ARR / DAY
1
61.5%
DEP / DAY
1
35.7%

Jefferson Municipal Airport (KEFW/EFW) is a small general aviation airport located in Jefferson, IA, 47 mi north west of Des Moines. It features 2 runways with the longest being 3,200 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KFOD, 38 mi away (KEFW does not publish METAR)

51m ago
Temp
82°F
Wind
6 kts
260°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KFOD 172056Z AUTO 26006KT 10SM CLR 28/17 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP195 T02780172 57014 $

Runway intelligence

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

36
45% of ops
71 land · 7 TO
32
39% of ops
62 land · 6 TO
14
9% of ops
15 land · 29 TO
18
7% of ops
11 land · 13 TO
Runway 36 carries 45% of operations (71 landings, 7 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 32 at 39%.

Approach quality

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

36 71 landings
UA 0%
32 62 landings
UA 0%
14 15 landings
UA 0%
18 11 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 36 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 71 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
4.8
flights/day · 143 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 4pm · 6pm
Day vs night
67%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–6pm local, averaging 4.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (4.8 vs 5.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (37% of 143 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
OTHER 134.000
FORT DOD 134.000
OTHER 288.300
FORT DOD 288.300
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
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 21:47 UTC