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Pocahontas Municipal Airport

42.74280°N
-94.64730°W
ARR / DAY
1
▼ 77.8%
DEP / DAY
3
▼ 25.0%

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 1 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 1 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
1
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Return to field
0

Current weather

From KFOD, 27 mi away (KPOH does not publish METAR)

52m ago
Temp
66°F
Wind
3 kts
150°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KFOD 240556Z AUTO 15003KT 10SM BKN047 BKN060 19/18 A3013 RMK AO2 RAE21 SLP209 P0000 60011 T01890183 10244 20189 51001 $

Runways

2 installed

4,100 FT MAX
12/30
4,100 ft × 60
CON● LITMED
18/36
1,999 ft × 135
GRS○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

29
52% of ops
61 land · 5 TO
36
21% of ops
25 land · 7 TO
11
13% of ops
15 land · 7 TO
18
12% of ops
14 land · 8 TO
30
2% of ops
2 land · 0 TO
Runway 29 carries 52% of operations (61 landings, 5 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 21%.

Approach quality

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

29 61 landings
UA 8%
36 25 landings
UA 4%
11 15 landings
UA 0%
18 14 landings
UA 21%
30 2 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 29 show a 8% unstable-approach rate (5 UA events from 61 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
3.4
flights/day · 102 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 12am · 12pm
Day vs night
75%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–2pm local, averaging 3.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (3.0 vs 3.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

23 · 32%
8 · 11%
6 · 8%
5 · 7%
3 · 4%
3 · 4%
Activity is led by (32% of 71 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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