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Pella Municipal Airport

41.40010°N
-92.94590°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
6
33.3%

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 0 arrivals and 6 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

13m ago
Temp
70°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KPEA 150655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM -RA SCT100 21/20 A2989 RMK AO2 P0001 T02100202

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
56% of ops
166 land · 104 TO
34
44% of ops
129 land · 86 TO
Runway 16 carries 56% of operations (166 landings, 104 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 34 at 44%.

Approach quality

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

16 166 landings
UA 1%
34 129 landings
UA 2%
Approaches to 16 show a 1% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 166 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
14.3
flights/day · 428 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 3pm · 9pm
Day vs night
56%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 8pm–9pm local, averaging 14.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (11.1 vs 16.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (19% of 385 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

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 07:08 UTC