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Mathews Memorial Airport

41.76340°N
-91.15290°W
ARR / DAY
1
100.0%
DEP / DAY
2
83.3%

Mathews Memorial Airport (K8C4) is a small general aviation airport located in Tipton, IA, 30 mi south east of Cedar Rapids. It features 1 runway measuring 3,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KCID, 30 mi away (K8C4 does not publish METAR)

40m ago
Temp
32°F
Wind
12 kts
320°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KCID 271730Z AUTO 32012KT 10SM FEW047 26/16 A3008 RMK T02600160 MADISHF

Runways

1 installed

3,000 FT MAX
11/29
3,000 ft × 60
CON● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

11
63% of ops
17 land · 7 TO
29
37% of ops
10 land · 7 TO
Runway 11 carries 63% of operations (17 landings, 7 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 29 at 37%.

Approach quality

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

11 17 landings
UA 6%
29 10 landings
UA 10%
Approaches to 11 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 17 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
1.8
flights/day · 54 total
Busy hour (local)
12am
also 10pm · 1pm
Day vs night
48%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–1pm local, averaging 1.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (1.5 vs 2.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (33% of 54 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.900
APCH 119.700
APCH 266.800
CEDAR RA 132.800
OTHER 132.800
CEDAR RA 328.400
OTHER 328.400
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Elevation:
840 ft
Mag var:
2° E
Fuel:
100LL
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