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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
1
30.0%
DEP / DAY
2
15.4%

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 5,806 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

5h ago
Temp
52°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KFXY 201215Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 11/10 A3006 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

33
43% of ops
26 land · 2 TO
27
28% of ops
17 land · 4 TO
15
22% of ops
13 land · 14 TO
09
7% of ops
4 land · 4 TO
Runway 33 carries 43% of operations (26 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 28%.

Approach quality

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

33 26 landings
UA 4%
27 17 landings
UA 24%
15 13 landings
UA 15%
09 4 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 33 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 26 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
3.5
flights/day · 104 total
Busy hour (local)
9pm
also 5pm · 7pm
Day vs night
57%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 7pm–9pm local, averaging 3.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.3× weekday (1.5 vs 4.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (19% of 93 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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