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Mason City Municipal Airport

43.15780°N
-93.33130°W
ARR / DAY
23
▼ 14.9%
DEP / DAY
22
▼ 23.7%

Mason City Municipal Airport (KMCW/MCW) is a medium general aviation airport located in Mason City, IA, 74 mi south west of Rochester. It features 2 runways with the longest being 6,501 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 23 arrivals and 22 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 3 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
3
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

50m ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
5 kts
140°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KMCW 291353Z AUTO 14005KT 10SM CLR 24/21 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP149 T02390211

Runways

2 installed

6,501 FT MAX
12/30
5,502 ft × 150
ASP● LITMED
18/36
6,501 ft × 150
ASP● LITHIGH

Top carriers

Share of flights

4 total
TOP 9 35
SKY West Aviation 66% North Star Aviation 23% LGM Enterprises 6% United States AIR Force Auxiliary / Civil AIR Patrol (Richmond 6%

Top destinations

By flight count

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ORD 23
KMKT 7
RST 2
MHK 1
TTN 1

Carriers

See all + destinations → 4
SKY West Aviation
23
North Star Aviation
8
LGM Enterprises
2
United States AIR Force Auxiliary / Civil AIR Patrol (Richmond
2

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.000 —
UNICOM 123.000 —
ASOS 120.300 —
MASON CI 127.300 —
OTHER 127.300 —
MASON CI 257.675 —
OTHER 257.675 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Fuel:
100LL

Destination network

Great-circle routes from KMCW · last 7d

1 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Top routes

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See all routes → 9 routes
Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
MCWORD
Chicago, US
 SKY West Aviation 23 0h 58m
MCWKMKT
Mankato, US
 North Star Aviation 6 1h 8m
MCWKMKT
Mankato, US
 United States AIR Force Auxiliary / Civil AIR Patrol (Richmond 1 0h 48m
MCWMHK
Manhattan, US
 LGM Enterprises 1 0h 55m
MCWTTN
Trenton, US
 LGM Enterprises 1 2h 48m
MCWRST
Rochester, US
 North Star Aviation 1 0h 39m
MCWRST
Rochester, US
 United States AIR Force Auxiliary / Civil AIR Patrol (Richmond 1 0h 39m

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

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AlanM70
11/6/2021
Really nice airport for a municipal airport
Stopped in to drop off a passenger. Friendly attendant and wasn't too scary to fuel up
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