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Winterset Madison County Airport

41.36280°N
-94.02110°W
ARR / DAY
7
250.0%
DEP / DAY
9
80.0%

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 7 arrivals and 9 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

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

45m ago
Temp
76°F
Wind
5 kts
90°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KDSM 290654Z 09005KT 10SM FEW160 24/22 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP127 T02440217

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
60% of ops
227 land · 274 TO
32
40% of ops
151 land · 102 TO
Runway 14 carries 60% of operations (227 landings, 274 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 32 at 40%.

Approach quality

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

14 227 landings
UA 1%
32 151 landings
UA 3%
Approaches to 14 show a 1% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 227 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
11.7
flights/day · 352 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 1pm · 6pm
Day vs night
69%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–6pm local, averaging 11.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (6.6 vs 14.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (51% of 345 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

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