📍 Estherville⬆ 1,319 ft2 runways
KEST · EST
Estherville Municipal Airport
43.40740°N
-94.74640°W
ARR / DAY
3
▼
44.1%
DEP / DAY
3
▼
43.2%
Estherville Municipal Airport (KEST/EST) is a small general aviation airport located in Estherville, IA, 100 mi east of Sioux Falls. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,797 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
81°F
Wind
3 kts
80°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
16
34% of ops
43 land · 21 TO
24
33% of ops
41 land · 18 TO
06
18% of ops
23 land · 7 TO
34
14% of ops
18 land · 11 TO
Runway 16 carries 34% of operations (43 landings, 21 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 24 at 33%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
16
43 landings
UA 0%
24
41 landings
UA 0%
06
23 landings
UA 0%
34
18 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 16 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 43 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
6.2
flights/day · 186 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 3pm · 2pm
Day vs night
69%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-06-11| Type | Freq (MHz) | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.975 | — |
| UNICOM | 122.975 | — |
| ASOS | 121.425 | — |
| FAIRMONT | 127.750 | — |
| OTHER | 127.750 | — |
| FAIRMONT | 257.700 | — |
| OTHER | 257.700 | — |
Airport operations
- ARTCC:
- ZMP
- Mag var:
- 1° E
- Fuel:
- 100LL, A+
Hourly traffic
Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days
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