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Clarion Municipal Airport

42.74190°N
-93.75890°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

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.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

12m ago
Temp
91°F
Wind
7 kts
320°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KCAV 271935Z AUTO 32007KT 9SM CLR 33/21 A2977 RMK A01

Runway intelligence

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

26
54% of ops
106 land · 14 TO
14
22% of ops
44 land · 11 TO
32
18% of ops
35 land · 4 TO
08
7% of ops
13 land · 9 TO
Runway 26 carries 54% of operations (106 landings, 14 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

26 106 landings
UA 11%
14 44 landings
UA 9%
32 35 landings
UA 0%
08 13 landings
UA 62%
Approaches to 26 show a 11% unstable-approach rate (12 UA events from 106 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
3.4
flights/day · 103 total
Busy hour (local)
12am
also 2pm · 10pm
Day vs night
51%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–10pm local, averaging 3.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.5× weekday (4.8 vs 3.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (30% of 103 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

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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