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KAXA · AXG

Algona Municipal Airport

43.07790°N
-94.27200°W
ARR / DAY
1
37.5%
DEP / DAY
2
23.8%

Algona Municipal Airport (KAXA/AXG) is a small general aviation airport located in Algona, IA, 108 mi north of Des Moines. It features 2 runways with the longest being 3,960 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

15m ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
8 kts
150°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KAXA 242015Z AUTO 15008G14KT 10SM SCT028 BKN037 24/19 A3000 RMK A01

Runway intelligence

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

18
33% of ops
22 land · 12 TO
30
31% of ops
21 land · 10 TO
36
28% of ops
19 land · 12 TO
12
7% of ops
5 land · 7 TO
Runway 18 carries 33% of operations (22 landings, 12 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 30 at 31%.

Approach quality

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

18 22 landings
UA 0%
30 21 landings
UA 0%
36 19 landings
UA 0%
12 5 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 18 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 22 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
2.7
flights/day · 82 total
Busy hour (local)
12pm
also 2pm · 5pm
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–5pm local, averaging 2.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (2.4 vs 3.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (31% of 71 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 118.475
OTHER 134.000
FORT DOD 134.000
OTHER 288.300
FORT DOD 288.300
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
3° E
Fuel:
100LL

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
AlanM70
08/31/2021
Nice Airport, Clean newer FBO
Always fun to add a new airport. Flew in for a family reunion. Was met by family but do have curtesy car.
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