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Fort Madison Municipal Airport

40.65930°N
-91.32680°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
0.0%

Fort Madison Municipal Airport (KFSW/FMS) is a small general aviation airport located in Fort Madison, IA, 71 mi south west of Davenport. It features 1 runway measuring 4,002 feet.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

20m ago
Temp
86°F
Wind
4 kts
210°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KFSW 152235Z AUTO 21004KT 10SM SCT035 30/26 A3001 RMK AO2

Runways

1 installed

4,002 FT MAX
16/34
4,002 ft × 75
CON● LIT

Runway intelligence

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

16
59% of ops
13 land · 2 TO
17
23% of ops
5 land · 0 TO
34
9% of ops
2 land · 6 TO
35
9% of ops
2 land · 0 TO
Runway 16 carries 59% of operations (13 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 23%.

Approach quality

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

16 13 landings
UA 0%
17 5 landings
UA 0%
34 2 landings
UA 0%
35 2 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 16 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 13 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
0.7
flights/day · 20 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 7pm · 3pm
Day vs night
80%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 0.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 3.2× weekday (1.4 vs 0.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (15% of 20 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 120.925
OTHER 135.600
BURLINGT 135.600
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Fuel:
100LL
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