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Spencer Municipal Airport

43.16550°N
-95.20280°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

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 6,001 feet.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

24m ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
4 kts
50°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KSPW 281653Z AUTO 05004KT 10SM CLR 27/21 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP133 T02670206

Runway intelligence

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

30
33% of ops
127 land · 35 TO
12
29% of ops
112 land · 79 TO
36
25% of ops
95 land · 18 TO
18
13% of ops
51 land · 120 TO
Runway 30 carries 33% of operations (127 landings, 35 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 12 at 29%.

Approach quality

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

30 127 landings
UA 0%
12 112 landings
UA 0%
36 95 landings
UA 0%
18 51 landings
UA 8%
Approaches to 30 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 127 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
8.8
flights/day · 263 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 2pm · 3pm
Day vs night
73%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 8.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (8.8 vs 9.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (31% of 180 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
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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