📍 Ames⬆ 956 ft2 runways
KAMW · AMW
Ames Municipal Airport
41.99200°N
-93.62180°W
ARR / DAY
9
▼
43.6%
DEP / DAY
10
▼
37.9%
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 9 arrivals and 10 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
73°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
19
35% of ops
149 land · 169 TO
31
26% of ops
114 land · 130 TO
01
20% of ops
87 land · 11 TO
13
19% of ops
81 land · 68 TO
Runway 19 carries 35% of operations (149 landings, 169 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 31 at 26%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
19
149 landings
UA 13%
31
114 landings
UA 8%
01
87 landings
UA 14%
13
81 landings
UA 12%
Approaches to 19 show a 13% unstable-approach rate (19 UA events from 149 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
22.8
flights/day · 683 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 5pm · 6pm
Day vs night
63%
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 | — |
| CD/P | 126.000 | — |
| OTHER | 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
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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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