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Ames Municipal Airport

41.99200°N
-93.62180°W
ARR / DAY
0
28.4%
DEP / DAY
0
34.7%

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

Runway intelligence

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

19
43% of ops
346 land · 347 TO
01
23% of ops
182 land · 18 TO
31
17% of ops
139 land · 168 TO
13
17% of ops
132 land · 106 TO
Runway 19 carries 43% of operations (346 landings, 347 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 01 at 23%.

Approach quality

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

19 346 landings
UA 12%
01 182 landings
UA 3%
31 139 landings
UA 2%
13 132 landings
UA 3%
Approaches to 19 show a 12% unstable-approach rate (42 UA events from 346 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
27.4
flights/day · 821 total
Busy hour (local)
10pm
also 5pm · 7pm
Day vs night
53%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 7pm–10pm local, averaging 27.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (23.1 vs 30.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (35% of 627 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.700
APCH 123.900
APCH 307.150
UNICOM 122.700
ASOS 132.025
OTHER 126.000
CD/P 126.000
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
3° E
Fuel:
100

Pilot & community notes

2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

2
redoverred
8/3/2011
Hap's
I was very disappointed with Hap's. You would think for an airport that size and an FBO that has been operating since 1946(or whatever the sign said) they would have better service. I landed here two times, once for fuel and lunch, and the second to stay overnight. Neither time did an employee bother to clean my windscreen. When I landed to overnight, a line guy met me on the ramp to ask about fuel and parking. I was unloading my bags as he drove away in the golf cart. A pilot that landed in a jet and parked next to my 172 offered to help me with my bags since I was alone and had three bags to carry. I hope for Hap's sake a better service FBO doesn't start up at Ames, because they would lose business with any competition whatsoever.
Anonymous
2/28/2010
Hap's Air
Great place to rent with. Always helpful and quick to help with questions. Can't find a better FBO.
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