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Jefferson Municipal Airport

42.01020°N
-94.34260°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

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.

Current weather

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

47m ago
Temp
90°F
Wind
5 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KFOD 271556Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM CLR 32/27 A2979 RMK AO2 SLP088 T03220272 $

Runway intelligence

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

36
52% of ops
135 land · 6 TO
32
27% of ops
69 land · 26 TO
14
19% of ops
48 land · 30 TO
18
2% of ops
6 land · 14 TO
Runway 36 carries 52% of operations (135 landings, 6 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 32 at 27%.

Approach quality

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

36 135 landings
UA 0%
32 69 landings
UA 1%
14 48 landings
UA 0%
18 6 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 36 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 135 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
5.8
flights/day · 173 total
Busy hour (local)
11pm
also 9pm · 1pm
Day vs night
50%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–11pm local, averaging 5.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (6.0 vs 6.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (41% of 173 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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