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📍 Jefferson⬆ 1,044 ft2 runways
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Jefferson Municipal Airport

42.01020°N
-94.34260°W
ARR / DAY
1
▲ 0.0%
DEP / DAY
2
▼ 21.1%

Jefferson Municipal Airport (KEFW/EFW) is a small general aviation airport located in Jefferson, IA, 47 mi north west of Des Moines. It features 2 runways with the longest being 3,200 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KFOD, 38 mi away (KEFW does not publish METAR)

38m ago
Temp
32°F
Wind
5 kts
340°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KFOD 131625Z AUTO 34005KT 10SM SCT021 15/09 A2995 RMK T01500090 VRB05KT MADISHF

Runway intelligence

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

32
43% of ops
19 land · 6 TO
36
27% of ops
12 land · 5 TO
14
16% of ops
7 land · 20 TO
18
14% of ops
6 land · 6 TO
Runway 32 carries 43% of operations (19 landings, 6 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 27%.

Approach quality

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

32 19 landings
UA 11%
36 12 landings
UA 0%
14 7 landings
UA 0%
18 6 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 32 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
3.8
flights/day · 114 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 3pm · 5pm
Day vs night
65%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–5pm local, averaging 3.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (1.9 vs 4.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (32% of 114 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
OTHER 134.000 —
FORT DOD 134.000 —
OTHER 288.300 —
FORT DOD 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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