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Winterset Madison County Airport

41.36280°N
-94.02110°W
ARR / DAY
2
50.0%
DEP / DAY
4
31.6%

Winterset Madison County Airport (K3Y3) is a small general aviation airport located in Winterset, IA, 27 mi south west of Des Moines. It features 1 runway measuring 3,002 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KDSM, 22 mi away (K3Y3 does not publish METAR)

41m ago
Temp
83°F
Wind
5 kts
220°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KDSM 281954Z 22005KT 10SM FEW050 BKN300 28/16 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP190 T02830156

Runways

1 installed

3,002 FT MAX
14/32
3,002 ft × 50
ASP● LITNSTD

Runway intelligence

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

14
61% of ops
83 land · 113 TO
32
39% of ops
53 land · 39 TO
Runway 14 carries 61% of operations (83 landings, 113 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 32 at 39%.

Approach quality

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

14 83 landings
UA 5%
32 53 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 14 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 83 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
7.0
flights/day · 211 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 6pm · 4pm
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 7.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (4.0 vs 8.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (47% of 209 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.700
APCH 123.900
APCH 360.700
UNICOM 122.700
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
2° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
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