Airports / K3Y3 / Winterset Madison County AirportGood ground coverage
⚡ Upgrade for 1yr history
Winterset Madison County Airport satellite view
📍 Winterset⬆ 1,110 ft1 runways
K3Y3 ·

Winterset Madison County Airport

41.36280°N
-94.02110°W
ARR / DAY
5
166.7%
DEP / DAY
5
125.0%

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 3,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 5 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KCSQ, 30 mi away (K3Y3 does not publish METAR)

just now
Temp
88°F
Wind
4 kts
240°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KCSQ 312355Z AUTO 24004KT 10SM CLR 31/24 A2993 RMK AO2

Runways

1 installed

3,000 FT MAX
14/32
3,000 ft × 50
ASP● LITNSTD

Runway intelligence

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

14
55% of ops
89 land · 98 TO
32
45% of ops
73 land · 65 TO
Runway 14 carries 55% of operations (89 landings, 98 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 32 at 45%.

Approach quality

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

14 89 landings
UA 4%
32 73 landings
UA 4%
Approaches to 14 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 89 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
5.6
flights/day · 167 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 4pm · 3pm
Day vs night
68%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–6pm local, averaging 5.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (3.1 vs 6.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (33% of 166 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 09:04 UTC