FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 AUGUST 2013
Location
| FAA Identifier: | FSW |
| Lat/Long: | 40-39-32.8000N / 091-19-39.9000W 40-39.546667N / 091-19.665000W 40.6591111 / -91.3277500 (estimated) |
| Elevation: | 722 ft. / 220.1 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 00W (2010) |
| From city: | 2 miles N of FORT MADISON, IA |
| Time zone: | UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time) |
| Zip code: | 52627 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 03/1959 |
| Sectional chart: | CHICAGO |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | CHICAGO CENTER |
| FSS: | FORT DODGE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
| NOTAMs facility: | FSW (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | MON-SUN ON CALL FOR ARPT ATTENDANCE CALL 319-316-2234. |
| Wind indicator: | lighted |
| Segmented circle: | no |
| Lights: | ACTVT MIRL RY 17/35 & REIL RY 35 & PAPI RY 35 - CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Airport Communications
| CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.8 |
| WX AWOS-3: | 120.925 (319-372-5147) |
| WX ASOS at BRL (12 nm NE): | 118.025 (319-752-6246) |
| WX AWOS-3 at EOK (13 nm S): | 118.375 (319-524-7884) |
| WX AWOS-3 at MPZ (19 nm NW): | 119.325 (319-385-4926) |
- APCH/DEP SERVICE PRVDD BY CHICAGO ARTCC ON FREQS 135.6/316.1 (BURLINGTON RCAG).
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
| BRLr253/18.7 | | BURLINGTON VORTAC | | 111.40 | | 05E |
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
| KEOKUK | | 020/12.6 | | 366 | | 02E | | EOK | . --- -.- |
| MOUNT PLEASANT | | 154/19.4 | | 212 | | 00W | | MPZ | -- .--. --.. |
| MACOMB | | 283/36.0 | | 251 | | 01E | | JZY | .--- --.. -.-- |
| FAIRFIELD | | 125/36.7 | | 332 | | 00E | | FFL | ..-. ..-. .-.. |
Airport Services
| Fuel available: | 100LL SELF SERVE WITH CREDIT CARD. |
| Parking: | hangars and tiedowns |
| Airframe service: | NONE |
| Powerplant service: | NONE |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 17/35
| Dimensions: | 4000 x 75 ft. / 1219 x 23 m |
| Surface: | concrete/wired/combed, in good condition |
| Weight bearing capacity: | | Single wheel: | 19.0 | | Double wheel: | 25.0 |
|
| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 17 | | RUNWAY 35 |
| Latitude: | 40-39.866987N | | 40-39.225467N |
| Longitude: | 091-19.762823W | | 091-19.566015W |
| Elevation: | 713.0 ft. | | 715.2 ft. |
| Gradient: | 0.3% | | 0.3% |
| Traffic pattern: | right | | left |
| Runway heading: | 167 magnetic, 167 true | | 347 magnetic, 347 true |
| Markings: | nonprecision, in fair condition | | nonprecision, in fair condition |
| Visual slope indicator: | | | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) |
| Runway end identifier lights: | | | yes |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
| Obstructions: | 40 ft. trees, 1100 ft. from runway, 225 ft. right of centerline, 22:1 slope to clear | | 8 ft. trees, 205 ft. from runway, 120 ft. left of centerline, 1:1 slope to clear +33 FT TREES 1000 FT L/R. |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | CITY OF FORT MADISON AVE E & 8 TH FORT MADISON, IA 52627 Phone 319-372-7700 JOHN DEARING CHMN ARPT CMSN; CALL 319-470-7169. |
| Manager: | DAVE WOODLEY 50 ARPT RD. FORT MADISON, IA 52627 Phone 319-372-1138 |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft based on the field: | | 8 | | Single engine airplanes: | | 6 | | Multi engine airplanes: | | 2 |
| |  | |
| Aircraft operations: avg 43/week * | | 52% | local general aviation | | 33% | transient general aviation | | 15% | air taxi | | * for 12-month period ending 02 February 2012 | |
Additional Remarks
| - | TWY LGTS AT ENTRANCE ONLY. |
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 19 September 2013 at 0901Z and 17 October 2013 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
| RNAV (GPS) RWY 17 | |
download (176KB) |
| RNAV (GPS) RWY 35 | |
download (190KB) |
| VOR/DME-A | |
download (152KB) |
| NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (22KB) |
| NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (158KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KBRL - Southeast Iowa Regional Airport (12 nm NE)
KEOK - Keokuk Municipal Airport (13 nm S)
KMPZ - Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport (19 nm NW)
KMQB - Macomb Municipal Airport (32 nm E)
C66 - Monmouth Municipal Airport (36 nm NE)
|
|

Road maps at:
MapQuest
Bing
Google
Yahoo!
| Aerial photo |
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by Kimberly Dibble
Photo taken 15-Apr-2010
looking southwest.
Do you have a better or more recent aerial photo of Fort Madison Municipal Airport that you would like to share? If so, please send us your photo.
|
| Sectional chart |
|
| Airport distance calculator |
|
|
| Sunrise and sunset |
|
Times for 16-Oct-2013
| | Local (UTC-5) | | Zulu (UTC) |
| Morning civil twilight | | 06:51 | | 11:51 |
| Sunrise | | 07:19 | | 12:19 |
| Sunset | | 18:23 | | 23:23 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 18:51 | | 23:51 |
|
| Current date and time |
| Zulu (UTC) | 16-Oct-2013 15:01:32 |
| Local (UTC-5) | 16-Oct-2013 10:01:32 |
|
| METAR |
| KFSW | 161415Z AUTO 25006KT 10SM OVC023 10/06 A3000 RMK AO2
|
KBRL 11nm NE | 161353Z AUTO 27007KT 10SM OVC020 09/05 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP150 T00940050
|
KEOK 12nm S | 161415Z AUTO 29008G14KT 10SM OVC022 09/05 A3000 RMK AO2
|
KMPZ 19nm NW | 161415Z AUTO 26009G16KT 10SM OVC018 10/05 A2998 RMK AO2 T00960048
|
|
| TAF |
KBRL 11nm NE | 161120Z 1612/1712 28008KT P6SM OVC020 FM161800 30010KT P6SM OVC025 FM170600 24010KT P6SM OVC030
|
|
| NOTAMs |
NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
|
|