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53IA

Tama Airport
Tama, Iowa, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 25 DECEMBER 2025

Location

FAA Identifier:	53IA
Lat/Long:	41-56-41.9700N 092-34-45.4750W 41-56.699500N 092-34.757917W 41.9449917,-92.5792986 (estimated)
Elevation:	814 ft. / 248 m (estimated)
Variation:	03E (1985)
From city:	1 mile S of TAMA, IA
Time zone:	UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code:	52339

Airport Operations

Airport use:	Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Activation date:	05/1947
Control tower:	no
ARTCC:	CHICAGO CENTER
FSS:	FORT DODGE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
Attendance:	UNATNDD
Pattern altitude:	1414 ft. MSL
Wind indicator:	no
Segmented circle:	no

Airport Communications

WX AWOS-3 at GGI (16 nm SW):	120.725 (641-236-9720)
WX ASOS at MIW (18 nm NW):	128.325 (641-752-2339)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance	VOR name	Freq	Var
TNUr065/25.6	NEWTON VOR/DME	112.50	03E
CIDr271/35.6	CEDAR RAPIDS VOR/DME	114.10	05E
ALOr192/37.6	WATERLOO VOR/DME	112.20	00E

Airport Services

Airframe service:	NONE
Powerplant service:	NONE

Runway Information

Runway 2/20

Dimensions:	2500 x 130 ft. / 762 x 40 m
Surface:	turf, in fair condition
	RUNWAY 2	RUNWAY 20
Latitude:	41-56.503667N	41-56.895333N
Longitude:	092-34.842833W	092-34.673000W
Elevation:	812.0 ft.	814.0 ft.
Traffic pattern:	left	left
Runway heading:	015 magnetic, 018 true	195 magnetic, 198 true
Obstructions:	48 ft. pline, marked, 1250 ft. from runway, 26:1 slope to clear	65 ft. trees, 640 ft. from runway, 80 ft. right of centerline, 9:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership:	Privately-owned
Owner:	TAMA AIRWAYS, INC 37W829 PINE NEEDLES CT. BATAVIA, IL 60510 Phone 630-606-9383
Manager:	FRED NEKOLA 800 25TH STREET, NE CEDAR RAPIDS, IA 52402 Phone 319-363-9792 ADDITIONAL CONTACT MARY SCHUTTE; 630-606-9383 MHSCHUTTE@SBCGLOBAL.NET

Additional Remarks

-	FOR CD CTC CHICAGO ARTCC AT 630-906-8921.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 53IA.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KTZT - Belle Plaine Municipal Airport (14 nm E)
KGGI - Grinnell Regional Airport (16 nm SW)
KMIW - Marshalltown Municipal Airport (18 nm NW)
KTNU - Newton Municipal Airport-Earl Johnson Field (26 nm SW)
KVTI - Vinton Veterans Memorial Airpark (30 nm NE)

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Sunrise and sunset

Times for 10-Jan-2026

	Local (UTC-6)	Zulu (UTC)
Morning civil twilight	07:07	13:07
Sunrise	07:39	13:39
Sunset	16:57	22:57
Evening civil twilight	17:28	23:28

Current date and time

Zulu (UTC)	10-Jan-2026 17:16:49
Local (UTC-6)	10-Jan-2026 11:16:49

METAR

KGGI 16nm SW	101655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC080 M01/M05 A3010 RMK AO2 T10061046
KMIW 18nm NW	101653Z AUTO 30010KT 10SM FEW055 BKN070 OVC080 M02/M06 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP201 T10171056
KTNU 26nm SW	101655Z AUTO 29008KT 260V320 10SM OVC065 M00/M02 A3009 RMK A01
KVTI 30nm NE	101655Z AUTO 31003KT 10SM BKN075 OVC090 M01/M05 A3005 RMK AO2 T10131053

TAF

KALO 37nm N	101138Z 1012/1112 31008KT P6SM OVC050 FM101800 30014G22KT P6SM OVC050 PROB30 1019/1021 6SM -SN OVC020 FM110100 32018G28KT P6SM OVC030 FM110800 32018G26KT P6SM OVC025
KCID 39nm E	101509Z 1015/1112 30008KT P6SM SCT015 PROB30 1019/1022 2SM -SHSN OVC025 FM102200 30019G30KT P6SM BKN030

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