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Mason City Municipal Airport

43.15780°N
-93.33130°W
ARR / DAY
21
▲ 129.7%
DEP / DAY
20
▲ 101.5%

Mason City Municipal Airport (KMCW/MCW) is a medium general aviation airport located in Mason City, IA, 74 mi south west of Rochester. It features 2 runways with the longest being 6,501 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 21 arrivals and 20 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 3 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
3
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

51m ago
Temp
70°F
Wind
5 kts
180°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KMCW 120453Z AUTO 18005KT 10SM CLR 21/19 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP203 T02060194

Runways

2 installed

6,501 FT MAX
12/30
5,502 ft × 150
ASP● LITMED
18/36
6,501 ft × 150
ASP● LITHIGH

Top carriers

Share of flights

6 total
TOP 9 45
SKY West Aviation 67% North Star Aviation 18% JET Linx Aviation 4% Executive Flight Services 4% Netjets Aviation 4% ATP Flight School 2%

Top destinations

By flight count

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ORD 26
KMKT 4
AEL 2
5MN0 2
GRR 2
FCM 1

Carriers

See all + destinations → 6
SKY West Aviation
30
North Star Aviation
8
JET Linx Aviation
2
Executive Flight Services
2
Netjets Aviation
2
ATP Flight School
1

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.000 —
UNICOM 123.000 —
ASOS 120.300 —
MASON CI 127.300 —
OTHER 127.300 —
MASON CI 257.675 —
OTHER 257.675 —
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

Top routes

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See all routes → 15 routes
Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
MCWORD
Chicago, US
 SKY West Aviation 26 0h 57m
MCWKMKT
Mankato, US
 North Star Aviation 4 0h 52m
MCWAEL
Albert Lea, US
 North Star Aviation 2 0h 28m
MCW5MN0
High Forest, US
 North Star Aviation 2 0h 30m
MCWGRR
Grand Rapids, US
 SKY West Aviation 2 1h 43m
MCWFCM
Minneapolis, US
 ATP Flight School 1 1h 54m
MCWRST
Rochester, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 0h 26m
MCWDSM
Des Moines, US
 JET Linx Aviation 1 0h 28m
MCWAPA
Denver, US
 Executive Flight Services 1 1h 38m
MCWEAU
Eau Claire, US
 SKY West Aviation 1 0h 27m
MCWMBS
Saginaw, US
 Executive Flight Services 1 1h 13m
MCWLAS
Las Vegas, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 4h 8m
MCWSCF
Scottsdale, US
 JET Linx Aviation 1 2h 57m

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

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AlanM70
11/06/2021
Really nice airport for a municipal airport
Stopped in to drop off a passenger. Friendly attendant and wasn't too scary to fuel up
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