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KCSQ · CSQ

Creston Municipal Airport

41.02140°N
-94.36330°W
ARR / DAY
1
71.4%
DEP / DAY
0
70.0%

Creston Municipal Airport (KCSQ/CSQ) is a small general aviation airport located in Creston, IA, 56 mi south west of Des Moines. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,901 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KCSQ 050135Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/21 A2998 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

34
55% of ops
30 land · 15 TO
16
24% of ops
13 land · 18 TO
22
18% of ops
10 land · 1 TO
04
4% of ops
2 land · 2 TO
Runway 34 carries 55% of operations (30 landings, 15 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 16 at 24%.

Approach quality

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

34 30 landings
UA 13%
16 13 landings
UA 23%
22 10 landings
UA 0%
04 2 landings
UA 50%
Approaches to 34 show a 13% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 30 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
3.7
flights/day · 111 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 5pm · 7pm
Day vs night
64%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–7pm local, averaging 3.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (2.6 vs 4.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (29% of 96 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 124.750
DES MOIN 125.650
OTHER 125.650
DES MOIN 306.950
OTHER 306.950
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
4° 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 03:06 UTC