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📍 Spencer⬆ 1,339 ft2 runways
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Spencer Municipal Airport

43.16550°N
-95.20280°W
ARR / DAY
3
▲ 26.3%
DEP / DAY
3
▲ 5.3%

Spencer Municipal Airport (KSPW/SPW) is a small general aviation airport located in Spencer, IA, 81 mi east of Sioux Falls. It features 2 runways with the longest being 6,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
32°F
Wind
10 kts
350°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KSPW 120753Z AUTO 35010KT 10SM FEW029 00/M02 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP204 T00001017

Runway intelligence

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

12
49% of ops
34 land · 13 TO
36
30% of ops
21 land · 3 TO
30
13% of ops
9 land · 6 TO
18
9% of ops
6 land · 12 TO
Runway 12 carries 49% of operations (34 landings, 13 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 30%.

Approach quality

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

12 34 landings
UA 0%
36 21 landings
UA 0%
30 9 landings
UA 0%
18 6 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 12 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 34 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
4.6
flights/day · 139 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 7pm · 4pm
Day vs night
76%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 4.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (3.6 vs 5.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (42% of 117 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-10-29
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.000 —
UNICOM 123.000 —
ASOS 126.625 —
FAIRMONT 127.750 —
OTHER 127.750 —
FAIRMONT 257.700 —
OTHER 257.700 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
5° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 09:41 UTC