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KCSQ · CSQ

Creston Municipal Airport

41.02140°N
-94.36330°W
ARR / DAY
1
▲ 28.6%
DEP / DAY
1
▼ 33.3%

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 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

12h ago
Temp
63°F
Wind
9 kts
150°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KCSQ 191715Z AUTO 15009KT 10SM CLR 17/07 A3031 RMK AO2 PWINO

Runway intelligence

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

16
46% of ops
19 land · 21 TO
22
29% of ops
12 land · 0 TO
34
22% of ops
9 land · 10 TO
04
2% of ops
1 land · 1 TO
Runway 16 carries 46% of operations (19 landings, 21 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 22 at 29%.

Approach quality

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

16 19 landings
UA 11%
22 12 landings
UA 8%
34 9 landings
UA 11%
04 1 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 16 show a 11% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 19 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
2.7
flights/day · 82 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4pm · 9pm
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–9pm local, averaging 2.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (1.4 vs 3.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (22% of 80 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
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