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).
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
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1969
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. 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 |
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
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, never named. All aircraft registered in Iowa.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Runway 29 is calm wind runway.
- Brian wagner - city administrator.
- Deer and waterfowl on and in the vicinity of of airport.
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.