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Newton Municipal Airport

41.67440°N
-93.02170°W
ARR / DAY
1
89.3%
DEP / DAY
2
81.7%

Newton Municipal Airport (KTNU/TNU) is a small general aviation airport located in Newton, IA, 31 mi east of Des Moines. It features 1 runway measuring 5,600 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KDSM, 35 mi away (KTNU does not publish METAR)

26m ago
Temp
95°F
Wind
7 kts
190°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KDSM 262254Z 19007KT 10SM SCT200 SCT250 BKN300 35/26 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP091 T03500261

Runways

1 installed

5,600 FT MAX
14/32
5,600 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

14
62% of ops
155 land · 166 TO
32
38% of ops
94 land · 31 TO
Runway 14 carries 62% of operations (155 landings, 166 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 32 at 38%.

Approach quality

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

14 155 landings
UA 5%
32 94 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 14 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (8 UA events from 155 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
7.2
flights/day · 216 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 2pm · 12pm
Day vs night
66%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–1pm local, averaging 7.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (6.2 vs 7.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (35% of 212 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 123.900
APCH 307.150
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 132.275
CD/P 126.300
OTHER 126.300
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 23:20 UTC