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Pella Municipal Airport

41.40010°N
-92.94590°W
ARR / DAY
5
▲ 26.7%
DEP / DAY
8
▲ 7.8%

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 5 arrivals and 8 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

28m ago
Temp
64°F
Wind
9 kts
140°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KPEA 262055Z AUTO 14009KT 10SM BKN075 OVC080 18/15 A3006 RMK AO2 T01840150

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
67% of ops
126 land · 71 TO
34
33% of ops
61 land · 50 TO
Runway 16 carries 67% of operations (126 landings, 71 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 34 at 33%.

Approach quality

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

16 126 landings
UA 1%
34 61 landings
UA 2%
Approaches to 16 show a 1% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 126 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
12.5
flights/day · 376 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 9pm · 7pm
Day vs night
55%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 7pm–8pm local, averaging 12.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (8.9 vs 14.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (21% of 343 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
APCH 123.900 —
APCH 307.150 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
AWOS 118.875 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
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 21:23 UTC