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
- 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
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- 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. |
Aircraft registered in Indianola from the FAA register
80 aircraft are registered to owners in Indianola, Iowa: 41 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Iowa.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 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 5, 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.