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Pocahontas Municipal Airport

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

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

Runway intelligence

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

29
48% of ops
49 land · 5 TO
36
22% of ops
22 land · 4 TO
11
15% of ops
15 land · 7 TO
18
14% of ops
14 land · 8 TO
30
2% of ops
2 land · 0 TO
Runway 29 carries 48% of operations (49 landings, 5 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 22%.

Approach quality

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

29 49 landings
UA 10%
36 22 landings
UA 5%
11 15 landings
UA 0%
18 14 landings
UA 21%
30 2 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 29 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (5 UA events from 49 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
3.1
flights/day · 93 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 12pm · 1pm
Day vs night
76%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 3.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (3.0 vs 3.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (35% of 66 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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