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KCSQ · CSQ

Creston Municipal Airport

41.02140°N
-94.36330°W
ARR / DAY
2
77.9%
DEP / DAY
3
82.6%

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

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

6h ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
7 kts
190°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KCSQ 260335Z AUTO 19007KT 10SM CLR 26/26 A2993 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

34
36% of ops
103 land · 57 TO
16
32% of ops
93 land · 64 TO
22
27% of ops
77 land · 5 TO
04
6% of ops
17 land · 33 TO
Runway 34 carries 36% of operations (103 landings, 57 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 16 at 32%.

Approach quality

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

34 103 landings
UA 9%
16 93 landings
UA 2%
22 77 landings
UA 10%
04 17 landings
UA 12%
Approaches to 34 show a 9% unstable-approach rate (9 UA events from 103 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
8.9
flights/day · 266 total
Busy hour (local)
12am
also 6pm · 5pm
Day vs night
64%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–5pm local, averaging 8.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (11.2 vs 8.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (22% of 244 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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