📍 Ames⬆ 956 ft2 runways
KAMW · AMW
Ames Municipal Airport
41.99200°N
-93.62180°W
ARR / DAY
15
▲
69.8%
DEP / DAY
18
▲
69.9%
Ames Municipal Airport (KAMW/AMW) is a small general aviation airport located in Ames, IA, 27 mi north of Des Moines. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,701 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 15 arrivals and 18 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 1 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
63°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
19
38% of ops
156 land · 167 TO
01
27% of ops
113 land · 13 TO
13
21% of ops
88 land · 81 TO
31
13% of ops
55 land · 54 TO
Runway 19 carries 38% of operations (156 landings, 167 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 01 at 27%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
19
156 landings
UA 12%
01
113 landings
UA 5%
13
88 landings
UA 8%
31
55 landings
UA 4%
Approaches to 19 show a 12% unstable-approach rate (19 UA events from 156 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
22.7
flights/day · 681 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 10pm · 7pm
Day vs night
57%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-06-11| Type | Freq (MHz) | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.700 | — |
| APCH | 123.900 | — |
| APCH | 307.150 | — |
| UNICOM | 122.700 | — |
| ASOS | 132.025 | — |
| OTHER | 126.000 | — |
| CD/P | 126.000 | — |
Airport operations
- ARTCC:
- ZMP
- Mag var:
- 3° E
- Fuel:
- 100
Hourly traffic
Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days
Pilot & community notes
2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)
2
Pilot & community notes
2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)
RE
redoverred
08/03/2011
I was very disappointed with Hap's. You would think for an airport that size and an FBO that has been operating since 1946(or whatever the sign said) they would have better service. I landed here two times, once for fuel and lunch, and the second to stay overnight. Neither time did an employee bother to clean my windscreen. When I landed to overnight, a line guy met me on the ramp to ask about fuel and parking. I was unloading my bags as he drove away in the golf cart. A pilot that landed in a jet and parked next to my 172 offered to help me with my bags since I was alone and had three bags to carry.
I hope for Hap's sake a better service FBO doesn't start up at Ames, because they would lose business with any competition whatsoever.
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Anonymous
02/28/2010
Great place to rent with. Always helpful and quick to help with questions. Can't find a better FBO.
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