FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 17 APRIL 2025
Location
FAA Identifier: | PEA |
Lat/Long: | 41-24-04.4000N 092-56-45.1000W 41-24.073333N 092-56.751667W 41.4012222,-92.9458611 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 884.8 ft. / 269.7 m (surveyed) |
Variation: | 02E (2000) |
From city: | 1 mile W of PELLA, IA |
Time zone: | UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time) |
Zip code: | 50219 |
Airport Operations
Airport use: | Open to the public |
Activation date: | 01/1968 |
Control tower: | no |
ARTCC: | MINNEAPOLIS CENTER |
FSS: | FORT DODGE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
NOTAMs facility: | PEA (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | MON-SAT 0700-DUSK, ALL SUN 0900-1700 AFTER HRS CALL 641-780-0244. |
Pattern altitude: | 1700.8 ft. MSL ONLY APPLIES TO NON-TURBINE ACFT. |
Wind indicator: | lighted |
Segmented circle: | no |
Lights: | MIRL RWY 16/34 PRESET LOW INTST; TO INCREASE INTST AND ACTVT PAPI RWY 16 & 34; REIL RWYS 16 & 34 - CTAF. |
Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Airport Communications
CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.8 |
WX AWOS-3: | 118.875 (641-628-3459) |
DES MOINES APPROACH: | 123.9 |
DES MOINES DEPARTURE: | 123.9 |
WX AWOS-3 at OXV (10 nm SW): | 119.775 (641-828-8406) |
WX AWOS-3 at TNU (17 nm N): | 132.275 (641-791-3302) |
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
TNUr159/24.1 | | NEWTON VOR/DME | | 112.50 | | 03E |
DSMr087/31.7 | | DES MOINES VORTAC | | 117.50 | | 07E |
Airport Services
Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A |
Parking: | hangars and tiedowns |
Airframe service: | MAJOR |
Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
Runway Information
Runway 16/34
Dimensions: | 5403 x 75 ft. / 1647 x 23 m |
Surface: | concrete, in fair condition |
Weight bearing capacity: | PCN 8 /R/D/W/T | Single wheel: | 30.0 | Double wheel: | 40.0 |
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Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 16 | | RUNWAY 34 |
Latitude: | 41-24.507313N | | 41-23.639008N |
Longitude: | 092-56.879908W | | 092-56.623452W |
Elevation: | 884.8 ft. | | 869.6 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 165 magnetic, 167 true | | 345 magnetic, 347 true |
Displaced threshold: | 200 ft. | | 201 ft. |
Declared distances: | TORA:5400 TODA:5400 ASDA:5200 LDA:5000 | | TORA:5400 TODA:5400 ASDA:5200 LDA:5000 |
Markings: | nonprecision, in fair condition | | nonprecision, in fair condition |
Visual slope indicator: | 2-light PAPI on left (3.30 degrees glide path) | | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) |
Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | yes |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Obstructions: | 32 ft. tree, 527 ft. from runway, 191 ft. left of centerline, 10:1 slope to clear RWY 16 APCH SLP TO DTHR 22:1. | | 31 ft. trees, 474 ft. from runway, 188 ft. left of centerline, 8:1 slope to clear RWY 34 APCH SLP TO DTHR 21:1. |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
Owner: | CITY OF PELLA 717 MAIN PELLA, IA 50219 Phone 641-628-4173 |
Manager: | SHANE VANDEVOORT 501 WEST 15TH STREET PELLA, IA 50219 Phone 641-628-9393 CELL PHONE 641-780-0244 |
Additional Remarks
- | FOR CD CTC DES MOINES ATCT AT 515-974-8016. |
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 17 April 2025 at 0901Z to 15 May 2025 at 0900z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 16 | |
download (232KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 34 | |
download (206KB) |
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (146KB) |
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (158KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KOXV - Knoxville Municipal Airport (10 nm SW)
KTNU - Newton Municipal Airport-Earl Johnson Field (17 nm N)
KGGI - Grinnell Regional Airport (21 nm NE)
KOOA - Oskaloosa Municipal Airport (23 nm SE)
4C8 - Albia Municipal Airport (26 nm S)
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Aerial photo |
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Sectional chart |
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Airport distance calculator |
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 01-May-2025
| | Local (UTC-5) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 05:40 | | 10:40 |
Sunrise | | 06:10 | | 11:10 |
Sunset | | 20:08 | | 01:08 |
Evening civil twilight | | 20:38 | | 01:38 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 01-May-2025 10:52:22 |
Local (UTC-5) | 01-May-2025 05:52:22 |
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METAR |
KPEA | 011035Z AUTO 34003KT 3 1/2SM -RA BR OVC003 12/12 A2971 RMK AO2 P0001 T01190115
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KOXV 10nm SW | 011035Z AUTO 32003KT 4SM BR OVC003 13/12 A2971 RMK AO2
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KTNU 16nm N | 011035Z AUTO 02004KT 3SM BR BKN004 OVC008 12/12 A2970 RMK A01
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TAF |
KOTM 29nm SE | 011003Z 0110/0206 VRB05KT 3SM BR OVC003 FM011400 29006KT 5SM BR BKN007 FM011700 28007KT P6SM BKN010 FM012000 29009KT P6SM BKN027 PROB30 0120/0123 4SM -TSRA OVC015CB FM012300 30009KT P6SM BKN035
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KDSM 33nm W | 011003Z 0110/0206 VRB03KT 4SM BR OVC003 FM011700 31006KT P6SM -SHRA BKN012 FM011900 31008KT P6SM BKN020 PROB30 0119/0123 4SM -TSRA OVC015CB FM012300 32010KT P6SM BKN060
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NOTAMs |
NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
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