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Pocahontas Municipal Airport

42.74280°N
-94.64730°W
ARR / DAY
0
60.0%
DEP / DAY
1
100.0%

Pocahontas Municipal Airport (KPOH) is a small general aviation airport located in Pocahontas, IA, 95 mi north west of Des Moines. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,100 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 0 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

Runway intelligence

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

29
81% of ops
68 land · 0 TO
11
12% of ops
10 land · 3 TO
36
5% of ops
4 land · 6 TO
18
2% of ops
2 land · 1 TO
Runway 29 carries 81% of operations (68 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 11 at 12%.

Approach quality

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

29 68 landings
UA 0%
11 10 landings
UA 0%
36 4 landings
UA 0%
18 2 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 29 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 68 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
2.0
flights/day · 60 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 12pm · 2pm
Day vs night
70%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 2.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (2.4 vs 2.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (14% of 49 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
OTHER 134.000
FORT DOD 134.000
OTHER 288.300
FORT DOD 288.300
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
2° E
Fuel:
100LL

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

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doctordef
04/05/2011
Great service.
Gary McCartan is awesome. Bends over backwards to be of service to you as a pilot.
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