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Marion Airport

42.03110°N
-91.52930°W
ARR / DAY
4
29.7%
DEP / DAY
4
37.2%

Marion Airport (KC17) is a small general aviation airport located in Marion, IA. It features 1 runway measuring 3,775 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KMLI, 66 mi away (KC17 does not publish METAR)

1h ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
8 kts
100°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KMLI 141459Z 10008KT 10SM BKN009 BKN022 OVC028 22/22 A3005 RMK AO2 T02220217

Runways

1 installed

3,775 FT MAX
17/35
3,775 ft × 100
COM● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

35
51% of ops
375 land · 294 TO
17
49% of ops
366 land · 424 TO
Runway 35 carries 51% of operations (375 landings, 294 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 49%.

Approach quality

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

35 375 landings
UA 13%
17 366 landings
UA 10%
Approaches to 35 show a 13% unstable-approach rate (49 UA events from 375 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
11.0
flights/day · 330 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 7pm · 4pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–8pm local, averaging 11.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (10.2 vs 11.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (58% of 300 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.700
APCH 134.050
APCH 266.800
UNICOM 122.700
CEDAR RA 132.800
OTHER 132.800
CEDAR RA 328.400
OTHER 328.400
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Mag var:
2° E
Fuel:
100LL, MOGAS

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 16:03 UTC