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Estherville Municipal Airport

43.40740°N
-94.74640°W
ARR / DAY
5
81.0%
DEP / DAY
7
47.1%

Estherville Municipal Airport (KEST/EST) is a small general aviation airport located in Estherville, IA, 100 mi east of Sioux Falls. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,797 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 5 arrivals and 7 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

31m ago
Temp
70°F
Wind
3 kts
90°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KEST 030449Z AUTO 09003KT 6SM BR CLR 21/21 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP097 T02110206

Runway intelligence

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

16
31% of ops
53 land · 17 TO
24
30% of ops
51 land · 41 TO
06
25% of ops
43 land · 21 TO
34
14% of ops
24 land · 55 TO
Runway 16 carries 31% of operations (53 landings, 17 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 24 at 30%.

Approach quality

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

16 53 landings
UA 0%
24 51 landings
UA 2%
06 43 landings
UA 0%
34 24 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 16 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 53 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
7.0
flights/day · 209 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 1pm · 2pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 7.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.3× weekday (2.4 vs 9.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (70% of 208 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.975
UNICOM 122.975
ASOS 121.425
OTHER 127.750
FAIRMONT 127.750
OTHER 257.700
FAIRMONT 257.700
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
1° E
Fuel:
100LL, A+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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