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Winterset Madison County Airport

41.36280°N
-94.02110°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

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.

Current weather

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

17m ago
Temp
91°F
Wind
8 kts
240°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KDSM 271654Z 24008KT 10SM FEW090 FEW150 SCT250 33/24 A2977 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S-W SLP070 CB DSNT S-W MOV SE ACC NW-SE T03280239

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
62% of ops
281 land · 389 TO
32
38% of ops
169 land · 83 TO
Runway 14 carries 62% of operations (281 landings, 389 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 32 at 38%.

Approach quality

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

14 281 landings
UA 0%
32 169 landings
UA 5%
Approaches to 14 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 281 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
8.0
flights/day · 241 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 1pm · 5pm
Day vs night
68%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–5pm local, averaging 8.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (4.1 vs 9.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (55% of 241 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
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 17:11 UTC