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KTNU · TNU

Newton Municipal Airport

41.67440°N
-93.02170°W
ARR / DAY
2
63.6%
DEP / DAY
3
65.7%

Newton Municipal Airport (KTNU/TNU) is a small general aviation airport located in Newton, IA, 31 mi east of Des Moines. It features 1 runway measuring 5,599 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

9h ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KTNU 180035Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/19 A3002 RMK A01

Runways

1 installed

5,599 FT MAX
14/32
5,599 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

32
54% of ops
123 land · 36 TO
14
46% of ops
103 land · 116 TO
Runway 32 carries 54% of operations (123 landings, 36 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 14 at 46%.

Approach quality

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

32 123 landings
UA 1%
14 103 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 32 show a 1% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 123 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 · 342 total
Busy hour (local)
11pm
also 6pm · 8pm
Day vs night
56%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 8pm–11pm local, averaging 11.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.7× weekday (16.9 vs 9.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (28% of 266 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 132.275
CD/P 126.300
OTHER 126.300
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
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 10:29 UTC