Nash Field Indianola
44IA · Indianola, Iowa · Warren County · map
Nash Field Indianola is a private airport owned by Nash Field INC, 4 miles south of Indianola, Iowa, 991 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 2,215 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 44IA
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Nash Field INC
- Elevation
- 991 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1972
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,215 × 100 ft | Grass, good | Non-standard lights |
- Runway 18: road 10 ft high 50 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | · Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency. |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Des Moines International (14 nm north), Chariton Municipal (19 nm southeast), Knoxville Municipal (20 nm east), Winterset Municipal (21 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Des Moines International (14 nm north), Osceola Municipal (16 nm south), Chariton Municipal (19 nm southeast), Knoxville Municipal (20 nm east).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Iowa · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- No ultra lights
- Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- Non-standard low-intensity runway lights; threshold lights red/green at runway corners and centerline.
- Trees 75' tall on approach to runway 18, 250' from runway end.
- No balloons
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Indianola from the FAA register
79 aircraft are registered to owners in Indianola, Iowa: 40 balloons, 32 piston singles, 3 turboprops, 2 drones, 1 piston twin. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Iowa.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Des Moines Flying Club LLC 6 aircraft · Indianola, 4 miles away
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Indianola 79 aircraft · 40 balloons, 32 piston singles, 3 turboprops
- Des Moines Flying Club LLC 5 aircraft in town
- Agri-Tech Aviation INC 3 aircraft in town
- Aeroplanes2 LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Des Moines Flying Club LLC 6 aircraft · flying club
- Accidents and incidents in Iowa 869 since 1982 · 129 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Iowa 112 landing places
- Iowa 4,509 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/44IA.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 28, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.