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📍 Jefferson⬆ 1,044 ft2 runways
KEFW · EFW

Jefferson Municipal Airport

42.01020°N
-94.34260°W
ARR / DAY
5
31.9%
DEP / DAY
6
18.0%

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 4,100 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 5 arrivals and 6 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

Runway intelligence

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

36
52% of ops
120 land · 9 TO
32
30% of ops
71 land · 20 TO
14
13% of ops
30 land · 27 TO
18
5% of ops
12 land · 11 TO
Runway 36 carries 52% of operations (120 landings, 9 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 32 at 30%.

Approach quality

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

36 120 landings
UA 0%
32 71 landings
UA 3%
14 30 landings
UA 0%
18 12 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 36 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 120 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
8.2
flights/day · 246 total
Busy hour (local)
11pm
also 4pm · 9pm
Day vs night
57%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 9pm–11pm local, averaging 8.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (7.6 vs 8.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (44% of 243 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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