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Winterset Madison County Airport

41.36280°N
-94.02110°W
ARR / DAY
4
115.4%
DEP / DAY
5
88.2%

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 4 arrivals and 5 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
68°F
Wind
6 kts
120°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KDSM 170054Z 12006KT 10SM OVC004 20/19 A3024 RMK AO2 SLP236 T02000189 $

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
56% of ops
76 land · 86 TO
32
44% of ops
59 land · 50 TO
Runway 14 carries 56% of operations (76 landings, 86 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 32 at 44%.

Approach quality

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

14 76 landings
UA 5%
32 59 landings
UA 5%
Approaches to 14 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 76 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
5.1
flights/day · 152 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 3pm · 4pm
Day vs night
69%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–6pm local, averaging 5.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (3.1 vs 6.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (30% of 152 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 01:35 UTC