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KDEH Decorah Municipal Airport
Decorah, Iowa, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: DEH
Lat/Long: 43-16-31.8000N / 091-44-21.8000W
43-16.530000N / 091-44.363333W
43.2755000 / -91.7393889
(estimated)
Elevation: 1158 ft. / 353.0 m (surveyed)
Variation: 01E (1995)
From city: 2 miles SE of DECORAH, IA
Time zone: UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 52101

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 03/1963
Sectional chart: CHICAGO
Control tower: no
ARTCC: MINNEAPOLIS CENTER
FSS: FORT DODGE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: DEH (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: CONTINUOUS
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: no
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
MIRL RY 11/29 PRESET ON LOW INTST; TO INCR INTST & ACTVT VASI RY 29 & PAPI RY 11 & REIL RYS 11 & 29 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
WX AWOS-3: 120.925 (563-382-2990)
  • 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
UKNr263/8.8WAUKON VORTAC116.6005E
ODIr196/40.0NODINE VORTAC117.9001E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
DECORAHat field23601EDEH -.. . ....
CRESCO106/17.929302ECJJ -.-. .--- .---
WEST UNION003/20.027802EXWY -..- .-- -.--
CALEDONIA207/21.620903ECHU -.-. .... ..-
OELWEIN014/37.026002EOLZ --- .-.. --..
CHARLES CITY069/40.037503ECCY -.-. -.-. -.--

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 11/29

Dimensions: 4001 x 75 ft. / 1220 x 23 m
Surface: concrete, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 28.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 11  RUNWAY 29
Latitude: 43-16.668168N43-16.393277N
Longitude: 091-44.772002W091-43.952917W
Elevation: 1145.5 ft.1157.5 ft.
Gradient: 0.3%0.3%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 114 magnetic, 115 true294 magnetic, 295 true
Markings: nonprecision, in fair conditionnonprecision, in fair condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left4-box VASI on left (3.50 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: none68 ft. trees, 1869 ft. from runway, 315 ft. left of centerline, 24:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF DECORAH
400 CLAYBORNE DR. PO BOX 138
DECORAH, IA 52101
Phone 563-382-3651
DAVE BACCAM ARPT COMM 319-382-2230
Manager: MIKE CONNELL
1705 HIGHWAY 9
DECORAH, IA 52101
Phone 563-382-8338

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 25
Single engine airplanes: 24
Ultralights: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 25/day *
55% local general aviation
45% transient general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 19 July 2007

Additional Remarks

HAZARD MARKERS AT EDGE OF RY 11/29 SAFETY AREA DEFINE START OF DROPOFF.

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 22 October 2009 at 0901Z and 19 November 2009 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 29   download (170KB)
VOR RWY 29   download (156KB)
NDB RWY 29   download (203KB)
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply   download (23KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (51KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

3Y2 - George L Scott Municipal Airport (18 nm S)
KCJJ - Ellen Church Field Airport (18 nm W)
KCHU - Houston County Airport (22 nm NE)
KFKA - Fillmore County Airport (31 nm NW)
KPDC - Prairie du Chien Municipal Airport (31 nm SE)
 
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Aerial photo
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Aerial photo of KDEH (Decorah Municipal Airport)
Photo by Thomas W. Young
Photo taken 10-Oct-2005

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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 08-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-6)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:2212:22
Sunrise06:5212:52
Sunset16:4922:49
Evening civil twilight17:2023:20

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  08-Nov-2009 12:38:18
Local (UTC-6)  08-Nov-2009 06:38:18
 
METAR
KDEH 081215Z AUTO 10005KT 10SM CLR 08/01 A3005 RMK AO2
TAF
KLSE 
42nm NE 
081120Z 0812/0912 13005KT P6SM BKN250 FM081800 15007KT P6SM SCT045 FM082100 16007KT P6SM BKN040 FM090200 22007KT P6SM BKN030 FM090900 31007KT P6SM BKN200
KRST 
50nm NW 
081120Z 0812/0912 12010KT P6SM BKN250 FM081700 14010KT P6SM SCT040 FM082100 16009KT P6SM BKN035 FM090200 24009KT 6SM BR BKN025 FM090600 31010KT P6SM BKN200
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
Connell Flying Service 563-382-8338
no information available

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FS 
100LL 
$4.45 
Jet A 
$4.25 
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Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

 In this space we feature lodging establishments that are convenient to the Decorah Municipal Airport. If your hotel/inn/B&B/resort is near the Decorah Municipal Airport, provides convenient transportation, or is otherwise attractive to pilots, flight crews, and airport users, consider listing it here.  
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Hotels near Decorah Municipal Airport

Miles Price ($)
HEARTLAND INN DECORAH 2.0 74-130
HOTEL WINNESHIEK 3.1 166-176
BLUFFS INN AND RESORT DECORAH 3.1 59-79
COUNTRY INN DECORAH 3.3 86-105

Distances are approximate, and may vary depending on the actual route traveled and the location of the travel start on the airport.
    

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