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Estherville Municipal Airport

43.40740°N
-94.74640°W
ARR / DAY
6
85.7%
DEP / DAY
7
85.2%

Estherville Municipal Airport (KEST/EST) is a small general aviation airport located in Estherville, IA, 100 mi east of Sioux Falls. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,797 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 6 arrivals and 7 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

4m ago
Temp
84°F
Wind
4 kts
330°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KEST 161549Z AUTO 33004KT 10SM BKN028 BKN036 29/22 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP182 T02890217

Runway intelligence

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

24
31% of ops
103 land · 52 TO
16
26% of ops
87 land · 61 TO
34
23% of ops
76 land · 52 TO
06
20% of ops
66 land · 23 TO
Runway 24 carries 31% of operations (103 landings, 52 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 16 at 26%.

Approach quality

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

24 103 landings
UA 0%
16 87 landings
UA 3%
34 76 landings
UA 5%
06 66 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 24 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 103 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)
1pm
also 3pm · 2pm
Day vs night
66%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 7.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.2× weekday (2.5 vs 10.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (73% of 223 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.975
UNICOM 122.975
ASOS 121.425
OTHER 127.750
FAIRMONT 127.750
OTHER 257.700
FAIRMONT 257.700
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
1° E
Fuel:
100LL, A+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 15:53 UTC