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KCJJ Ellen Church Field Airport
Cresco, Iowa, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 19 MARCH 2026

Location

FAA Identifier: CJJ
Lat/Long: 43-21-55.0850N 092-07-59.0990W
43-21.918083N 092-07.984983W
43.3653014,-92.1330831
(estimated)
Elevation: 1279 ft. / 389.8 m (surveyed)
Variation: 02E (1985)
From city: 1 mile SW of CRESCO, IA
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 52136

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 06/1963
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: ACTVT LIRL RWY 15/33 - 122.7.

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
WX AWOS-3 at DEH (18 nm E): 120.925 (563-382-2990)
WX AWOS-3PT at FKA (19 nm N): 118.550 (507-765-2182)
  • ANSWERED BY POLICE; NOT ON FIELD.
  • APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY MINNAEPOLIS ARTCC ON FREQ 118.85 (LA CROSSE RCAG).

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
RSTr136/32.2ROCHESTER VOR/DME112.0005E

Airport Services

Oil available: CTAF/UNICOM OTS INDEFLY.
Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 15/33

Dimensions: 2949 x 50 ft. / 899 x 15 m
Surface: concrete, in fair condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 29.0
Runway edge lights: low intensity
RUNWAY 15  RUNWAY 33
Latitude: 43-22.136017N43-21.699233N
Longitude: 092-08.129617W092-07.839467W
Elevation: 1279.0 ft.1265.0 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 152 magnetic, 154 true332 magnetic, 334 true
Markings: nonprecision, in fair conditionnonprecision, in fair condition
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 74 ft. tree, 1736 ft. from runway, 86 ft. left of centerline, 20:1 slope to clear25 ft. pole, 714 ft. from runway, 228 ft. left of centerline, 20:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF CRESCO
130 NORTH PARK PLACE
CRESCO, IA 52136
Phone 319-547-3101
Manager: CLAIR PECINOVSKY
12848 WELL ROAD
CRESCO, IA 52136
Phone 563-547-4898

Additional Remarks

BE ALERT FOR ULTRALIGHT ACTIVITY ON & INVOF ARPT.
FOR CD CTC ROCHESTER APCH AT 507-424-8111. FOR CD WHEN ROCHESTER APCH IS CLOSED, CTC MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC AT 651-463-5588.
SNOW REMOVAL DELAYED AT TIMES; CONFIRM RWY CONDITIONS PRIOR TO USE: CALL 563-547-4898 OR AMGR, 563-379-5898.

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 19 March 2026 at 0901Z to 16 April 2026 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
GPS RWY 15   download (163KB)
GPS RWY 33   download (160KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (427KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KDEH - Decorah Municipal Airport (18 nm E)
KFKA - Fillmore County Airport (19 nm N)
3Y2 - George L Scott Municipal Airport (27 nm SE)
KCCY - Northeast Iowa Regional Airport (27 nm SW)
55Y - Rushford Municipal Airport/Robert W Bunke Field (30 nm NE)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 21-Mar-2026
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:4211:42
Sunrise07:1112:11
Sunset19:2100:21
Evening civil twilight19:4900:49

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  21-Mar-2026 12:46:03
Local (UTC-5)  21-Mar-2026 07:46:03
 
METAR
KDEH 
19nm E 
211230Z AUTO 16005KT 10SM OVC110 09/09 A2982 RMK AO2
KFKA 
19nm N 
211235Z AUTO 18012KT 10SM BKN110 09/05 A2980 RMK AO2
KCCY 
28nm SW 
211235Z AUTO 17008KT 10SM CLR 08/07 A2983 RMK AO2
KRST 
36nm NW 
211154Z 17012KT 10SM OVC120 08/04 A2979 RMK AO2 SLP092 T00780044 10078 20039 56019
TAF
KRST 
36nm NW 
211132Z 2112/2212 19011KT P6SM BKN100 FM211600 24015G25KT P6SM FEW150 FM212000 27015G25KT P6SM FEW150 FM212200 30011KT P6SM SCT250 FM220300 36011KT P6SM SCT150
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