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Clarion Municipal Airport

42.74190°N
-93.75890°W
ARR / DAY
1
75.0%
DEP / DAY
0
66.7%

Clarion Municipal Airport (KCAV) is a small general aviation airport located in Clarion, IA, 79 mi north of Des Moines. It features 2 runways with the longest being 3,455 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

16h ago
Temp
61°F
Wind
5 kts
80°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KCAV 280335Z AUTO 08005KT 10SM FEW050 16/16 A3010 RMK A01

Runway intelligence

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

32
49% of ops
20 land · 0 TO
14
22% of ops
9 land · 6 TO
26
20% of ops
8 land · 2 TO
08
10% of ops
4 land · 3 TO
Runway 32 carries 49% of operations (20 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 14 at 22%.

Approach quality

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

32 20 landings
UA 5%
14 9 landings
UA 22%
26 8 landings
UA 12%
08 4 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 32 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 20 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
1.9
flights/day · 57 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 5pm · 6pm
Day vs night
61%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–6pm local, averaging 1.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (2.1 vs 1.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (28% of 57 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 126.575
FORT DOD 134.000
OTHER 134.000
FORT DOD 288.300
OTHER 288.300
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
3° E
Fuel:
100LL
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