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📍 Forest City⬆ 1,229 ft2 runways
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Forest City Municipal Airport

43.23470°N
-93.62410°W
ARR / DAY
2
44.4%
DEP / DAY
2
16.7%

Forest City Municipal Airport (KFXY/FXY) is a small general aviation airport located in Forest City, IA, 79 mi south west of Rochester. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,796 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

23h ago
Temp
82°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KFXY 012255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 28/20 A2993 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

33
57% of ops
36 land · 0 TO
27
17% of ops
11 land · 5 TO
15
16% of ops
10 land · 11 TO
09
10% of ops
6 land · 2 TO
Runway 33 carries 57% of operations (36 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 17%.

Approach quality

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

33 36 landings
UA 0%
27 11 landings
UA 18%
15 10 landings
UA 30%
09 6 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 33 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 36 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
2.9
flights/day · 87 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 7pm · 9pm
Day vs night
51%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 8pm–9pm local, averaging 2.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (1.4 vs 3.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (31% of 87 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 123.925
OTHER 122.600
MASON CI 122.600
OTHER 127.300
MASON CI 127.300
OTHER 257.675
MASON CI 257.675
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
3° E
Fuel:
100LL
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