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Pella Municipal Airport

41.40010°N
-92.94590°W
ARR / DAY
6
14.3%
DEP / DAY
8
27.9%

Pella Municipal Airport (KPEA) is a small general aviation airport located in Pella, IA, 37 mi east of Des Moines. It features 1 runway measuring 5,402 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 6 arrivals and 8 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

16h ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
3 kts
330°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KPEA 271855Z AUTO 33003KT 10SM SCT050 BKN060 27/16 A3011 RMK AO2 T02730164

Runways

1 installed

5,402 FT MAX
16/34
5,402 ft × 75
CON● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

16
51% of ops
90 land · 57 TO
34
49% of ops
87 land · 46 TO
Runway 16 carries 51% of operations (90 landings, 57 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 34 at 49%.

Approach quality

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

16 90 landings
UA 0%
34 87 landings
UA 1%
Approaches to 16 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 90 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
11.4
flights/day · 341 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 2pm · 7pm
Day vs night
60%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 7pm–8pm local, averaging 11.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (9.5 vs 12.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (20% of 300 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 123.900
APCH 307.150
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 118.875
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
2° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 11:16 UTC