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Creston Municipal Airport

41.02140°N
-94.36330°W
ARR / DAY
2
20.0%
DEP / DAY
1
30.8%

Creston Municipal Airport (KCSQ/CSQ) is a small general aviation airport located in Creston, IA, 56 mi south west of Des Moines. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,901 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

22m ago
Temp
84°F
Wind
9 kts
320°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KCSQ 262035Z AUTO 32009G15KT 10SM CLR 29/17 A3005 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

16
42% of ops
36 land · 24 TO
34
26% of ops
22 land · 8 TO
22
24% of ops
21 land · 1 TO
04
8% of ops
7 land · 9 TO
Runway 16 carries 42% of operations (36 landings, 24 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 34 at 26%.

Approach quality

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

16 36 landings
UA 0%
34 22 landings
UA 5%
22 21 landings
UA 0%
04 7 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 16 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 36 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
5.8
flights/day · 174 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 4pm · 3pm
Day vs night
61%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–6pm local, averaging 5.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.3× weekday (2.0 vs 7.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (27% of 168 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 124.750
DES MOIN 125.650
OTHER 125.650
DES MOIN 306.950
OTHER 306.950
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
4° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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