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Estherville Municipal Airport

43.40740°N
-94.74640°W
ARR / DAY
3
16.0%
DEP / DAY
4
17.6%

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.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1d ago
Temp
64°F
Wind
16 kts
130°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
SPECI KEST 291227Z AUTO 13016G23KT 10SM BKN095 18/17 A2991 RMK AO2 WSHFT 1211 LTG DSNT E RAE1150 TSB12E27 P0000 T01830172

Runway intelligence

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

24
37% of ops
37 land · 21 TO
16
26% of ops
26 land · 9 TO
06
22% of ops
22 land · 17 TO
34
15% of ops
15 land · 21 TO
Runway 24 carries 37% of operations (37 landings, 21 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 37 landings
UA 3%
16 26 landings
UA 0%
06 22 landings
UA 0%
34 15 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 24 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 37 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
5.5
flights/day · 166 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 3pm · 4pm
Day vs night
59%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–4pm local, averaging 5.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (2.5 vs 7.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (62% of 165 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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