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Clarion Municipal Airport

42.74190°N
-93.75890°W
ARR / DAY
4
6.7%
DEP / DAY
3
11.8%

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 4 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1d ago
Temp
84°F
Wind
6 kts
170°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KCAV 291935Z AUTO 17006KT 10SM SCT035 SCT050 29/24 A3001 RMK A01

Runway intelligence

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

26
50% of ops
85 land · 12 TO
32
22% of ops
38 land · 2 TO
14
19% of ops
32 land · 8 TO
08
8% of ops
14 land · 15 TO
Runway 26 carries 50% of operations (85 landings, 12 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 32 at 22%.

Approach quality

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

26 85 landings
UA 11%
32 38 landings
UA 0%
14 32 landings
UA 12%
08 14 landings
UA 29%
Approaches to 26 show a 11% unstable-approach rate (9 UA events from 85 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 · 149 total
Busy hour (local)
12am
also 10pm · 2pm
Day vs night
54%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–2pm local, averaging 5.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (5.5 vs 5.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (27% of 148 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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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 19:57 UTC