Wells Field
6IA6 · Corydon, Iowa · Wayne County · map
Wells Field is a private airport, 4 miles west of Corydon, Iowa, 1,092 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 2,400 feet of grass. It has fuel (car gas (mogas)).
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 6IA6
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,092 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- car gas (mogas); the services card below
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- February 2015
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 2,400 × 75 ft | Grass, good |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- car gas (mogas)
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Chariton Municipal (16 nm north), Centerville Municipal (23 nm east), Knoxville Municipal (35 nm north), Trenton Municipal (41 nm south).
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
- Non-standard runway end identifier lights: solar, flashing green, vsb at 3 MI.
- Non-standard runway marking: reflectors every 200 feet.
- Non-standard runway marking: reflectors every 200 feet.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Corydon from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Corydon, Iowa: 2 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Iowa.
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 Corydon 2 aircraft · 2 piston singles
- 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/6IA6.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 29, 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.