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Pella Municipal Airport

41.40010°N
-92.94590°W
ARR / DAY
4
▲ 3.3%
DEP / DAY
6
▲ 29.4%

Pella Municipal Airport (KPEA) is a small general aviation airport located in Pella, IA, 37 mi east of Des Moines. It features 1 runway measuring 5,400 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 6 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

14m ago
Temp
46°F
Wind
5 kts
120°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KPEA 110515Z AUTO 12005KT 10SM CLR 08/03 A2998 RMK AO2 T00810027

Runways

1 installed

5,400 FT MAX
16/34
5,400 ft × 75
CON● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

16
68% of ops
105 land · 28 TO
34
32% of ops
49 land · 50 TO
Runway 16 carries 68% of operations (105 landings, 28 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 34 at 32%.

Approach quality

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

16 105 landings
UA 0%
34 49 landings
UA 8%
Approaches to 16 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 105 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
10.6
flights/day · 319 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 5pm · 6pm
Day vs night
64%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–8pm local, averaging 10.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (8.2 vs 12.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (18% of 288 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-10-29
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
APCH 123.900 —
APCH 307.150 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
AWOS 118.875 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Elevation:
885 ft
Mag var:
2° E
Fuel:
100LL

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
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 05:29 UTC