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Estherville Municipal Airport

43.40740°N
-94.74640°W
ARR / DAY
1
76.9%
DEP / DAY
0
94.4%

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 1 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
68°F
Wind
6 kts
190°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KEST 240349Z AUTO 19006KT 10SM CLR 20/17 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP189 T02000167

Runway intelligence

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

24
29% of ops
102 land · 54 TO
34
29% of ops
101 land · 50 TO
16
25% of ops
87 land · 65 TO
06
16% of ops
56 land · 28 TO
Runway 24 carries 29% of operations (102 landings, 54 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 34 at 29%.

Approach quality

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

24 102 landings
UA 0%
34 101 landings
UA 8%
16 87 landings
UA 6%
06 56 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 24 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 102 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
6.6
flights/day · 197 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 3pm · 2pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 6.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.2× weekday (1.9 vs 8.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (76% of 188 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 05:19 UTC