Mathews Memorial
8C4 · Tipton, Iowa · Cedar County · map
Mathews Memorial is a public-use airport owned by the City of Tipton, 2 miles southwest of Tipton, Iowa, 840 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 11/29, is 3,000 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 13 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 3,750 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Mathews Memorial?
Its FAA code is 8C4.
Where is Mathews Memorial?
It is 2 miles southwest of Tipton, Iowa, 840 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Mathews Memorial?
Its one runway, 11/29, is 3,000 feet long, concrete.
Does Mathews Memorial have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Mathews Memorial?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Are there flight schools at Mathews Memorial?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Cedar County Flying Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Mathews Memorial?
5 pilot examiners and 14 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Mathews Memorial…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 8C4
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Tipton
- Elevation
- 840 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1969
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 3,000 × 60 ft | Concrete, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 29: road 20 ft high 450 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Approach and departure | 119.7 | |
| Cedar Rapids Center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.8 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Iowa City Municipal (19 nm southwest), Marion Airport (23 nm northwest), Muscatine Municipal (24 nm south), The Eastern Iowa Airport (26 nm west).
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
- Runway 29 is calm wind runway.
- Brian wagner - city administrator.
- Deer and waterfowl on and in the vicinity of of airport.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 13 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 3,750, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 1,474 |
| general aviation, local | 2,238 |
| military | 38 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Tipton from the FAA register
13 aircraft are registered to owners in Tipton, Iowa: 8 piston singles, 4 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:
- Cedar County Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Tipton Green Castle Aero Club is a flying club located near Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, Iowa that provides flight training, aircraft ownership opportunities, and a community for pilots.
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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
5 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 4 for private pilot, 2 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 3 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 14 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 5 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 1 engineering representative, 1 training center examiner, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Cole Robert Norton private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Marion, IA (23 nm) · (319) 981-7768 · [email protected]
- Janice Wray Walton private pilot; airplanes · Marion Airport/C17 · Marion, IA (23 nm) · (319) 721-3994 · [email protected]
- Thomas Paul Burns private pilot, flight instructor, commercial pilot; gliders · Muscatine, IA (24 nm) · (563) 299-5942 · [email protected]
- Chris Alan Frazier private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Davenport, IA (27 nm) · (563) 260-2071 · [email protected]
- Michael John Phillips · Dubuque, IA (43 nm) · (563) 589-3732 · [email protected]
All 30 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Tipton 13 aircraft · 8 piston singles, 4 drones, 1 piston twins
- Slc Service Leasing Company LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Land and Air Solutions INC 2 aircraft in town
- Cedar County Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- 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 4,504 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/8C4.json.
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 26, 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.