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Pella Municipal Airport

41.40010°N
-92.94590°W
ARR / DAY
6
14.3%
DEP / DAY
7
41.7%

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 7 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

10h ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
4 kts
110°
Visib
8047 m
Ceil
METAR KPEA 061215Z AUTO 11004KT 5SM BR CLR 22/21 A3005 RMK AO2 T02160210

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
54% of ops
167 land · 117 TO
34
46% of ops
142 land · 83 TO
Runway 16 carries 54% of operations (167 landings, 117 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 34 at 46%.

Approach quality

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

16 167 landings
UA 1%
34 142 landings
UA 1%
Approaches to 16 show a 1% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 167 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
12.8
flights/day · 385 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 9pm · 11pm
Day vs night
54%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 8pm–11pm local, averaging 12.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (9.5 vs 14.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (19% of 347 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 22:37 UTC