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Emmetsburg Municipal Airport

43.10200°N
-94.70470°W
ARR / DAY
0
0.0%
DEP / DAY
0
0.0%

Emmetsburg Municipal Airport (KEGQ) is a small general aviation airport located in Emmetsburg, IA, 106 mi east of Sioux Falls. It features 3 runways with the longest being 3,401 feet.

Current weather

From KAXA, 22 mi away (KEGQ does not publish METAR)

just now
Temp
86°F
Wind
5 kts
360°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KAXA 312255Z AUTO 36005KT 10SM CLR 30/24 A2991 RMK A01

Runway intelligence

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

31
39% of ops
22 land · 4 TO
17
25% of ops
14 land · 2 TO
22
12% of ops
7 land · 1 TO
04
11% of ops
6 land · 2 TO
13
11% of ops
6 land · 4 TO
35
4% of ops
2 land · 0 TO
Runway 31 carries 39% of operations (22 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 25%.

Approach quality

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

31 22 landings
UA 0%
17 14 landings
UA 0%
22 7 landings
UA 0%
04 6 landings
UA 0%
13 6 landings
UA 0%
35 2 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 31 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 22 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
1.6
flights/day · 49 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 11pm · 4pm
Day vs night
51%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–4pm local, averaging 1.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (1.4 vs 1.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (26% of 47 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
OTHER 127.750
FAIRMONT 127.750
OTHER 257.700
FAIRMONT 257.700
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
4° E
Fuel:
100LL
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