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📍 Tipton⬆ 840 ft1 runways

K8C4 ·

Mathews Memorial Airport

41.76340°N

-91.15290°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 44.4%

DEP / DAY

▼ 85.3%

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

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

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Visib

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Ceil

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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

64% of ops

28 land · 7 TO

36% of ops

16 land · 22 TO

Runway 11 carries 64% of operations (28 landings, 7 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 29 at 36%.

Approach quality

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

11 28 landings

UA 4%

29 16 landings

UA 6%

Approaches to 11 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 28 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

3.8

flights/day · 115 total

Busy hour (local)

4pm

also 6pm · 2pm

Day vs night

70%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 2pm–4pm local, averaging 3.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (3.5 vs 4.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (45% of 115 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

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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