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8C6 Traer Municipal Airport
Traer, Iowa, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 27 NOVEMBER 2025

Location

FAA Identifier: 8C6
Lat/Long: 42-12-03.0000N 092-27-23.9000W
42-12.050000N 092-27.398333W
42.2008333,-92.4566389
(estimated)
Elevation: 892 ft. / 272 m (estimated)
Variation: 03E (1985)
From city: 1 mile NE of TRAER, IA
Time zone: UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 50675

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 05/1961
Control tower: no
ARTCC: MINNEAPOLIS 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
WX AWOS-3 at VTI (19 nm E): 120.075 (319-472-3122)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
ALOr187/21.5WATERLOO VOR/DME112.2000E
CIDr297/35.3CEDAR RAPIDS VOR/DME114.1005E
TNUr046/38.4NEWTON VOR/DME112.5003E

Airport Services

Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 17/35

Dimensions: 2555 x 100 ft. / 779 x 30 m
Surface: turf, in good condition
Runway edge lights: low intensity
Runway edge markings: 17/35 MARKED WITH YELLOW CONES.
RUNWAY 17  RUNWAY 35
Latitude: 42-12.260862N42-11.840165N
Longitude: 092-27.393860W092-27.404377W
Elevation: 884.0 ft.891.0 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftright
Runway heading: 178 magnetic, 181 true358 magnetic, 001 true
Obstructions: 70 ft. trees, 806 ft. from runway, 176 ft. left of centerline, 11:1 slope to clear80 ft. tree, 1689 ft. from runway, 210 ft. right of centerline, 21:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF TRAER
649 2ND ST
TRAER, IA 50675
Phone (319) 478-2580
Manager: PETE HOLDON
649 2ND STREET
TRAER, IA 50675
Phone (319) 478-2580

Additional Remarks

- SNOW RMVL DELAYED AT TIMES; CONFIRM RY COND PRIOR TO USE - CALL 319-478-2580
- TURF RY SOFT DURING SPRING THAW.
- PARALLEL TWY IS MKD AND LGTD ALONG EAST EDGE.
- MOGAS AND 100LL FUEL AVBL FOR EMERG ONLY; CALL 319-476-4353.
- FOR CD CTC DES MOINES APCH AT 515-974-8016. WHEN DES MOINES APP CLSD, FOR CD CTC MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC AT 651-463-5588.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 8C6.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KVTI - Vinton Veterans Memorial Airpark (19 nm E)
KTZT - Belle Plaine Municipal Airport (21 nm S)
KMIW - Marshalltown Municipal Airport (21 nm W)
KALO - Waterloo Regional Airport (22 nm N)
KIIB - James H Connell Field at Independence Municipal Airport (27 nm NE)
  
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 21-Dec-2025
 Local
(UTC-6)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight07:0413:04
Sunrise07:3613:36
Sunset16:4022:40
Evening civil twilight17:1223:12

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  21-Dec-2025 12:36:27
Local (UTC-6)  21-Dec-2025 06:36:27
 
METAR
KVTI 
19nm E 		211215Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR M11/M14 A3036 RMK AO2 T11121144
KMIW 
21nm W 		211153Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR M12/M14 A3034 RMK AO2 SLP291 T11171139 11078 21117 53012 $
KALO 
21nm N 		211154Z 00000KT 10SM CLR M12/M14 A3034 RMK AO2 SLP288 T11221144 11089 21133 53007
KIIB 
27nm NE 		211215Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR M12/M16 A3036 RMK AO2 T11251159
KGGI 
32nm SW 		211215Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR M09/M12 A3037 RMK AO2 T10951120
KOLZ 
35nm NE 		211215Z AUTO 05006KT 10SM CLR M13/M16 A3033 RMK A01
KCID 
38nm SE 		211152Z 26004KT 10SM CLR M11/M14 A3035 RMK AO2 SLP293 T11111144 11067 21111 53014 $
TAF
KALO 
21nm N 		211120Z 2112/2212 VRB02KT P6SM SKC FM211500 18006KT P6SM SKC FM220900 17011KT P6SM BKN140 WS020/21045KT
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