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📍 Jefferson⬆ 1,044 ft2 runways
KEFW · EFW

Jefferson Municipal Airport

42.01020°N
-94.34260°W
ARR / DAY
3
266.7%
DEP / DAY
3
200.0%

Jefferson Municipal Airport (KEFW/EFW) is a small general aviation airport located in Jefferson, IA, 47 mi north west of Des Moines. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,100 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

Runway intelligence

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

32
39% of ops
32 land · 21 TO
14
34% of ops
28 land · 18 TO
36
24% of ops
20 land · 0 TO
18
2% of ops
2 land · 3 TO
Runway 32 carries 39% of operations (32 landings, 21 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 14 at 34%.

Approach quality

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

32 32 landings
UA 12%
14 28 landings
UA 0%
36 20 landings
UA 0%
18 2 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 32 show a 12% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 32 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 · 80 total
Busy hour (local)
11pm
also 5pm · 12am
Day vs night
55%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–11pm local, averaging 2.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (1.8 vs 3.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (24% of 80 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

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