FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 27 NOVEMBER 2025
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: | 721.8 ft. / 220.0 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 00W (2010) |
| From city: | 2 miles N of FORT MADISON, IA |
| Time zone: | UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time) |
| Zip code: | 52627 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 03/1959 |
| 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 (CELL). |
| 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 SVC PRVDD BY CHICAGO ARTCC ON FREQS 135.6/316.1 (BURLINGTON RCAG).
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| BRLr253/18.7 | | BURLINGTON VOR/DME | | 115.55 | | 05E |
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
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| BURNS | | 271/9.3 | | 390 | | 01E | | BR | -... .-. |
| MACOMB | | 283/36.0 | | 251 | | 01E | | JZY | .--- --.. -.-- |
Airport Services
| Fuel available: | 100LL
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: | | PCN 9 /R/C/W/U | | Single wheel: | 19.0 | | Double wheel: | 25.0 |
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| 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. |
| Traffic pattern: | right | | left |
| Runway heading: | 167 magnetic, 167 true | | 347 magnetic, 347 true |
| Markings: | nonprecision, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
| Visual slope indicator: | | | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
RWY 35 PAPI UNUSBL BYD 6 DEGS LEFT OF CNTRLN AND BYD 8 DEGS RIGHT OF CNTRLN. |
| 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 | | 13 ft. trees, 400 ft. from runway, 15:1 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
JOSH DENNING CHMN ARPT CMSN; CALL 319-470-0066. LAURA LEIGOS, CITY MANAGER - 319-372-7700 EXT 203 |
| Manager: | TIM BINGHAM
50 ARPT RD.
FORT MADISON, IA 52627
Phone 319-372-1138 |
Additional Remarks
| - | TWY LGTS AT ENTRANCE ONLY. |
| - | FOR CD CTC CHICAGO ARTCC AT 630-906-8921. |
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 27 November 2025 at 0901Z to 25 December 2025 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| RNAV (GPS) RWY 17 | |
download (262KB) |
| RNAV (GPS) RWY 35 | |
download (291KB) |
| VOR-A | |
download (182KB) |
| NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (145KB) |
| 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)
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| Aerial photo |
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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.
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 10-Dec-2025
| | Local
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| Morning civil twilight | | 06:48 | | 12:48 |
| Sunrise | | 07:19 | | 13:19 |
| Sunset | | 16:37 | | 22:37 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 17:08 | | 23:08 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 10-Dec-2025 17:34:57 |
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| Local (UTC-6) | 10-Dec-2025 11:34:57 |
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| METAR |
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| KFSW | 101715Z AUTO 30020G29KT 10SM OVC018 M01/M04 A2985 RMK AO2 PK WND 30034/15
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KBRL
11nm NE | 101653Z AUTO 34015G31KT 10SM OVC017 M01/M04 A2983 RMK AO2 PK WND 36035/1630 SLP105 T10061039
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KEOK
12nm S | 101715Z AUTO 32017G28KT 10SM OVC021 00/M04 A2986 RMK A01
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KMPZ
19nm NW | 101715Z AUTO 33017G28KT 10SM OVC018 M01/M03 A2987 RMK AO2
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KBRL
11nm NE | 101228Z 1012/1112 29021G42KT 6SM -SHRA OVC020 FM101400 29020G40KT P6SM OVC015 PROB30 1014/1016 3SM -SN FM101900 31019G26KT P6SM OVC015
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| NOTAMs |
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NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
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