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KCAV Clarion Municipal Airport
Clarion, Iowa, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 31 JULY 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: CAV
Lat/Long: 42-44-30.9980N / 093-45-32.0740W
42-44.516633N / 093-45.534567W
42.7419439 / -93.7589094
(estimated)
Elevation: 1162 ft. / 354.2 m (surveyed)
Variation: 04E (1985)
From city: 1 mile NW of CLARION, IA
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 50525

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 12/1941
Sectional chart: OMAHA
Control tower: no
ARTCC: MINNEAPOLIS CENTER
FSS: FORT DODGE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: CAV (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: no
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
RY 14/32 MIRL PRESET LOW INTST; ACTVT VASI & REIL RY 14 & 32 & MIRL RY 14/32 HIGHER INTST - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
WX AWOS-3: 126.575 (515-532-3515)
WX AWOS-3 at EBS (19 nm S): 127.825 (515-832-2794)
  • APCH/DEP SERVICE PROVIDED BY MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC ON FREQS 134.0/288.3 (FORT DODGE RCAG).

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
FODr065/24.9FORT DODGE VORTAC113.5007E
MCWr216/28.3MASON CITY VORTAC114.9006E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
CLARIONat field38703ECAV -.-. .- ...-
EAGLE GROVE070/7.030203EEAG . .- --.
WEBSTER CITY012/18.732303EEBS . -... ...
HAMPTON269/23.623003EHPT .... .--. -
IOWA FALLS303/27.036803EIFA .. ..-. .-
FOREST CITY187/30.235905EFXY ..-. -..- -.--
ALGONA129/30.440303EAXA .- -..- .-
POCAHONTAS084/39.242806EPOH .--. --- ....

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A
Parking: hangars
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 14/32

Dimensions: 3515 x 60 ft. / 1071 x 18 m
Surface: concrete, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 17.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 14  RUNWAY 32
Latitude: 42-44.671583N42-44.193500N
Longitude: 093-45.768900W093-45.326650W
Elevation: 1152.0 ft.1156.0 ft.
Gradient: 0.2%0.2%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 142 magnetic, 146 true322 magnetic, 326 true
Markings: nonprecision, in fair conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-box VASI on left2-box VASI on left
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Obstructions: 18 ft. road, 485 ft. from runway, 290 ft. left of centerline, 15:1 slope to clear77 ft. tree, 2280 ft. from runway, 27:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF CLARION
121 1ST ST. SW
CLARION, IA 50525
Phone 515-851-0526
Manager: JON DEVRIES
2076 - 210TH STREET
CLARION, IA 50525
Phone 515-532-6980

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 10
Single engine airplanes: 8
Multi engine airplanes: 1
Ultralights: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 88/week *
60% transient general aviation
40% local general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 11 September 2006

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 between 28 August 2008 at 0901Z and 25 September 2008 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
NDB OR GPS RWY 14   download (151KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums apply   download (29KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KEAG - Eagle Grove Municipal Airport (7 nm W)
KEBS - Webster City Municipal Airport (19 nm S)
KFOD - Fort Dodge Regional Airport (22 nm SW)
KHPT - Hampton Municipal Airport (23 nm E)
KIFA - Iowa Falls Municipal Airport (27 nm SE)
 
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Aerial photo
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Aerial photo of KCAV (Clarion Municipal Airport)
Photo by Jon DeVried
Photo taken 19-May-2008

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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 05-Sep-2008
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:1711:17
Sunrise06:4611:46
Sunset19:4100:41
Evening civil twilight20:0901:09

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  05-Sep-2008 11:55:34
Local (UTC-5)  05-Sep-2008 06:55:34
 
METAR
KCAV 051135Z AUTO 15003KT 1SM OVC001 07/07 A2996 RMK AO2
TAF
KFOD 
22nm SW 
050623Z 050606 VRB02KT 1SM BR SKC TEMPO 0609 3SM BR FM0900 VRB02KT 1SM BR SKC TEMPO 1013 1/2SM FG FM1400 28005KT P6SM BKN100 FM2000 28009KT P6SM BKN050 PROB30 2101 -RA FM0100 28003KT P6SM BKN050
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
Clarion Municipal Airport 515-532-6980
515-851-0526
[email]
Airport management, Aviation fuel, Aircraft parking (ramp or tiedown), Hangars, Hangar leasing / sales, Courtesy transportation, ...

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