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Estherville Municipal Airport

43.40740°N
-94.74640°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
97.9%

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.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

23h ago
Temp
70°F
Wind
6 kts
180°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KEST 250249Z AUTO 18006KT 10SM OVC013 21/19 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP143 T02060189 53009

Runway intelligence

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

34
32% of ops
98 land · 47 TO
24
29% of ops
90 land · 39 TO
16
24% of ops
74 land · 62 TO
06
15% of ops
47 land · 25 TO
Runway 34 carries 32% of operations (98 landings, 47 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 24 at 29%.

Approach quality

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

34 98 landings
UA 8%
24 90 landings
UA 0%
16 74 landings
UA 7%
06 47 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 34 show a 8% unstable-approach rate (8 UA events from 98 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 · 174 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 2pm · 3pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 5.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.2× weekday (1.9 vs 7.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (77% of 167 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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