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Algona Municipal Airport

43.07790°N
-94.27200°W
ARR / DAY
0
▼ 57.1%
DEP / DAY
1
▼ 50.0%

Algona Municipal Airport (KAXA/AXG) is a small general aviation airport located in Algona, IA, 108 mi north of Des Moines. It features 2 runways with the longest being 3,960 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 0 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

22m ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
10 kts
60°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KAXA 132215Z AUTO 06010G15KT 10SM OVC020 24/24 A2992 RMK A01

Runways

2 installed

3,960 FT MAX
12/30
3,960 ft × 75
CON● LIT
18/36
2,880 ft × 160
GRS○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

30
56% of ops
69 land · 16 TO
36
16% of ops
20 land · 12 TO
12
15% of ops
18 land · 29 TO
18
13% of ops
16 land · 13 TO
Runway 30 carries 56% of operations (69 landings, 16 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 16%.

Approach quality

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

30 69 landings
UA 3%
36 20 landings
UA 0%
12 18 landings
UA 0%
18 16 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 30 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 69 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
5.0
flights/day · 150 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 3pm · 2pm
Day vs night
74%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 5.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (5.8 vs 5.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

32 · 26%
22 · 18%
12 · 10%
9 · 7%
6 · 5%
5 · 4%
Activity is led by (26% of 125 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
AWOS 118.475 —
OTHER 134.000 —
FORT DOD 134.000 —
OTHER 288.300 —
FORT DOD 288.300 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
3° 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

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
AlanM70
8/31/2021
Nice Airport, Clean newer FBO
Always fun to add a new airport. Flew in for a family reunion. Was met by family but do have curtesy car.
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