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Emmetsburg Municipal Airport

43.10200°N
-94.70470°W
ARR / DAY
0
0.0%
DEP / DAY
0
0.0%

Emmetsburg Municipal Airport (KEGQ) is a small general aviation airport located in Emmetsburg, IA, 106 mi east of Sioux Falls. It features 3 runways with the longest being 3,401 feet.

Current weather

From KFOD, 46 mi away (KEGQ does not publish METAR)

43m ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KFOD 152156Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP173 T02720239 $

Runway intelligence

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

31
36% of ops
26 land · 4 TO
22
25% of ops
18 land · 0 TO
04
12% of ops
9 land · 1 TO
35
11% of ops
8 land · 0 TO
13
10% of ops
7 land · 4 TO
17
7% of ops
5 land · 0 TO
Runway 31 carries 36% of operations (26 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 22 at 25%.

Approach quality

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

31 26 landings
UA 0%
22 18 landings
UA 0%
04 9 landings
UA 0%
35 8 landings
UA 0%
13 7 landings
UA 0%
17 5 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 31 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 26 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
1.9
flights/day · 58 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 1pm · 5pm
Day vs night
66%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–5pm local, averaging 1.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.4× weekday (2.5 vs 1.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (19% of 53 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
OTHER 127.750
FAIRMONT 127.750
OTHER 257.700
FAIRMONT 257.700
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
4° E
Fuel:
100LL
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