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KEFW · EFW

Jefferson Municipal Airport

42.01020°N
-94.34260°W
ARR / DAY
2
13.3%
DEP / DAY
2
30.4%

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 2 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)

45m ago
Temp
71°F
Wind
12 kts
70°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KFOD 121456Z AUTO 07012KT 10SM FEW095 SCT110 22/19 A2981 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE-SE TSE12B21E43RAE54 SLP101 6//// T02170194 58005 $

Runway intelligence

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

36
49% of ops
176 land · 19 TO
32
33% of ops
119 land · 27 TO
14
9% of ops
33 land · 43 TO
18
9% of ops
31 land · 17 TO
Runway 36 carries 49% of operations (176 landings, 19 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 32 at 33%.

Approach quality

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

36 176 landings
UA 0%
32 119 landings
UA 3%
14 33 landings
UA 0%
18 31 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 36 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 176 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
7.8
flights/day · 233 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 4pm · 11pm
Day vs night
61%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–11pm local, averaging 7.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (6.5 vs 8.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (38% of 227 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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