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Mathews Memorial Airport

41.76340°N
-91.15290°W
ARR / DAY
1
22.2%
DEP / DAY
1
33.3%

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.

Current weather

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

50m ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
4 kts
170°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KCID 121752Z 17004KT 6SM -RA BR BKN010 BKN100 OVC120 22/21 A2982 RMK AO2 CIG 008V018 SLP090 6//// T02220211 10233 20217 58004 PNO $

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
51% of ops
93 land · 25 TO
29
49% of ops
90 land · 49 TO
Runway 11 carries 51% of operations (93 landings, 25 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 29 at 49%.

Approach quality

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

11 93 landings
UA 15%
29 90 landings
UA 9%
Approaches to 11 show a 15% unstable-approach rate (14 UA events from 93 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
6.7
flights/day · 200 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 12am · 6pm
Day vs night
58%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–6pm local, averaging 6.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (4.9 vs 7.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (30% of 197 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

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 18:42 UTC