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Pella Municipal Airport

41.40010°N
-92.94590°W
ARR / DAY
5
36.2%
DEP / DAY
8
6.5%

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

4h ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
6 kts
60°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KPEA 121755Z AUTO 06006KT 10SM CLR 26/23 A2983 RMK AO2 T02600227 10262 20216 60005

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
265 land · 112 TO
34
32% of ops
125 land · 99 TO
Runway 16 carries 68% of operations (265 landings, 112 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

16 265 landings
UA 0%
34 125 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 16 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 265 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
13.2
flights/day · 395 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 7pm · 5pm
Day vs night
60%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–5pm local, averaging 13.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (9.4 vs 15.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (22% 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 22:36 UTC