Atlantic Municipal
AIO · KAIO · Atlantic, Iowa · Cass County · map
Atlantic Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Atlantic, 2 miles west of Atlantic, Iowa, 1,165 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 02/20, is 5,000 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KAIO · observed 4:55 pm CDT (21:55 UTC), 10 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southwest (220°) at 10 knots, gusting to 17
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 84°F (29°C), dew point 57°F (14°C)
- Altimeter 29.83 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KAIO 062155Z AUTO 22010G17KT 10SM CLR 29/14 A2983 RMK AO2
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AIO · ICAO KAIO
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Atlantic
- Elevation
- 1,165 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; Saturday, 8:00 am to 12:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1941
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 5,000 × 75 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 12/30 | 3,132 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 02: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 20: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 12: threshold displaced 290 ft, 2,842 ft available for landing, tree 73 ft high 1,287 ft from the end
- Runway 30: brush 15 ft high 385 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Omaha and center (remote transmitter) Low | 119.6 | |
| Aio and aWOS-3 | 127.825 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 712-243-2748.
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 Atlantic from the FAA register
25 aircraft are registered to owners in Atlantic, Iowa: 18 piston singles, 5 drones, 2 turboprops. 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 · 2 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
- Creek 200 feet from runway end 30.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runways 02/20 and 12/30 and runway end identifier lights and PAPI runways 02/20- the common traffic frequency.
- Approach slope 20:1 to displaced thld.
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.