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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
68.8%
DEP / DAY
1
68.4%

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 5,796 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

12m ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
3 kts
70°
Visib
3219 m
Ceil
METAR KFXY 051135Z AUTO 07003KT 2SM BR OVC003 22/21 A2998 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

33
53% of ops
36 land · 0 TO
15
21% of ops
14 land · 11 TO
27
19% of ops
13 land · 6 TO
09
7% of ops
5 land · 3 TO
Runway 33 carries 53% of operations (36 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 15 at 21%.

Approach quality

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

33 36 landings
UA 0%
15 14 landings
UA 21%
27 13 landings
UA 23%
09 5 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
2.8
flights/day · 83 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 7pm · 9pm
Day vs night
53%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 8pm–9pm local, averaging 2.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (1.2 vs 3.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (33% of 82 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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