📍 Estherville⬆ 1,319 ft2 runways
KEST · EST
Estherville Municipal Airport
43.40740°N
-94.74640°W
ARR / DAY
3
▼
30.8%
DEP / DAY
4
▼
10.0%
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 3 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
77°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
24
34% of ops
42 land · 23 TO
16
26% of ops
32 land · 11 TO
06
20% of ops
25 land · 13 TO
34
20% of ops
25 land · 33 TO
Runway 24 carries 34% of operations (42 landings, 23 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 16 at 26%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
24
42 landings
UA 2%
16
32 landings
UA 0%
06
25 landings
UA 0%
34
25 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 24 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 42 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
6.5
flights/day · 196 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 2am · 1pm
Day vs night
60%
06:00–20:00 local
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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