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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
33.3%
DEP / DAY
2
9.1%

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

8m ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KFXY 030015Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 27/21 A2986 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

33
56% of ops
37 land · 0 TO
15
18% of ops
12 land · 11 TO
27
17% of ops
11 land · 5 TO
09
9% of ops
6 land · 3 TO
Runway 33 carries 56% of operations (37 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 15 at 18%.

Approach quality

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

33 37 landings
UA 0%
15 12 landings
UA 25%
27 11 landings
UA 18%
09 6 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 33 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 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
3.0
flights/day · 89 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 8pm · 6pm
Day vs night
54%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–7pm local, averaging 3.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.3× weekday (1.2 vs 3.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (33% of 88 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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