FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 04 SEPTEMBER 2025
Location
FAA Identifier: | 8C4 |
Lat/Long: | 41-45-48.0750N 091-09-10.5690W 41-45.801250N 091-09.176150W 41.7633542,-91.1529358 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 840 ft. / 256 m (estimated) |
Variation: | 02E (1985) |
From city: | 2 miles SW of TIPTON, IA |
Time zone: | UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time) |
Zip code: | 52772 |
Airport Operations
Airport use: | Open to the public |
Activation date: | 08/1969 |
Control tower: | no |
ARTCC: | CHICAGO CENTER |
FSS: | FORT DODGE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
NOTAMs facility: | FOD (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | UNATNDD |
Wind indicator: | lighted |
Segmented circle: | no |
Lights: | SS-SR |
Airport Communications
CTAF: | 122.9 |
CEDAR RAPIDS APPROACH: | 119.7 [0600-2130] |
CEDAR RAPIDS DEPARTURE: | 119.7 [0600-2130] |
WX ASOS at IOW (19 nm SW): | 128.075 (319-339-9491) |
- APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY CHICAGO ARTCC ON FREQS 132.8/328.4 (CEDAR RAPIDS RCAG) WHEN CEDAR RAPIDS APCH CTL CLSD.
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
IOWr050/25.3 | | IOWA CITY VOR/DME | | 116.20 | | 05E |
CIDr100/29.3 | | CEDAR RAPIDS VOR/DME | | 114.10 | | 05E |
CVAr272/30.2 | | DAVENPORT VORTAC | | 113.80 | | 04E |
MZVr314/35.2 | | MOLINE VOR/DME | | 114.40 | | 05E |
Airport Services
Fuel available: | 100LL |
Parking: | tiedowns |
Airframe service: | NONE |
Powerplant service: | NONE |
Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 11/29
Dimensions: | 3000 x 60 ft. / 914 x 18 m |
Surface: | concrete, in fair condition |
Weight bearing capacity: | |
Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 11 | | RUNWAY 29 |
Latitude: | 41-45.887167N | | 41-45.715500N |
Longitude: | 091-09.485500W | | 091-08.866833W |
Elevation: | 840.0 ft. | | 840.0 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 108 magnetic, 110 true | | 288 magnetic, 290 true |
Markings: | basic, in fair condition | | basic, in fair condition |
Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Obstructions: | 70 ft. trees, 3042 ft. from runway, 7 ft. right of centerline, 40:1 slope to clear | | 20 ft. road, 450 ft. from runway, 150 ft. right of centerline, 12:1 slope to clear |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
Owner: | CITY OF TIPTON 407 LYNN ST. TIPTON, IA 52772 Phone 563-886-6187 BRIAN WAGNER - CITY ADMINISTRATOR. |
Manager: | MAX COPPESS 303 2ND AVENUE STANWOOD, IA 52337 Phone 563-212-3308 OR 563-886-6187 |
Additional Remarks
- | RY 29 IS CALM WIND RY. |
- | DEER AND WATERFOWL ON AND INVOF OF ARPT. |
- | FOR CD CTC CHICAGO ARTCC AT 630-906-8921. |
Instrument Procedures
NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight. FAA instrument procedures published for use from 04 September 2025 at 0901Z to 02 October 2025 at 0900z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 11 | |
download (175KB) |
VOR RWY 11 | |
download (186KB) |
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (421KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KIOW - Iowa City Municipal Airport (19 nm SW)
C17 - Marion Airport (23 nm NW)
KMUT - Muscatine Municipal Airport (24 nm S)
KOQW - Maquoketa Municipal Airport (25 nm NE)
KCID - The Eastern Iowa Airport (26 nm W)
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Aerial photo |
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo taken 16-Jun-2010
looking east.
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Sectional chart |
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Airport distance calculator |
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 26-Sep-2025
| | Local (UTC-5) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 06:29 | | 11:29 |
Sunrise | | 06:57 | | 11:57 |
Sunset | | 18:55 | | 23:55 |
Evening civil twilight | | 19:22 | | 00:22 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 26-Sep-2025 07:44:10 |
Local (UTC-5) | 26-Sep-2025 02:44:10 |
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METAR |
KIOW 19nm SW | 260652Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/12 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP133 T01330117
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KMUT 24nm S | 260735Z AUTO 00000KT 3/4SM BR VV005 12/12 A2992 RMK AO2
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KCID 26nm W | 260652Z AUTO 21004KT 10SM CLR 12/11 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP127 T01170111
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KDVN 27nm E | 260652Z AUTO 24003KT 10SM CLR 11/09 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP132 T01110094
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KMXO 27nm N | 260735Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW075 11/11 A2989 RMK AO2
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KMLI 34nm SE | 260652Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/11 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP129 T01170106
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KCWI 38nm E | 260656Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/11 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP134 T01280111
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KAWG 38nm SW | 260735Z AUTO 25003KT 10SM CLR 12/12 A2991 RMK AO2
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TAF |
KCID 26nm W | 260520Z 2606/2706 25004KT P6SM SKC TEMPO 2610/2613 2SM BR FM261800 26008KT P6SM SKC
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NOTAMs |
NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
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