Waterloo Regional
ALO · KALO · Waterloo, Iowa · Black Hawk County · map
Waterloo Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Waterloo, 4 miles northwest of Waterloo, Iowa, 873 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 12/30, is 8,399 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KALO · observed 3:54 pm CDT (20:54 UTC), 26 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (200°) at 17 knots, gusting to 23
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 81°F (27°C), dew point 53°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 29.81 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:20 pm CDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 16 knots, gusting to 24, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 4:30 pm CDT (21:30 UTC): wind from the southwest at 13 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 6:00 pm CDT (23:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 6:00 am CDT (11:00 UTC): wind from the north-northwest at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KALO 062054Z 20017G23KT 10SM CLR 27/12 A2981 RMK AO2 SLP091 T02720117 56025
TAF KALO 061720Z 0618/0718 21016G24KT P6SM SKC FM062130 22013KT P6SM SKC FM062300 22006KT P6SM SKC FM071100 34004KT P6SM SCT250
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 ALO · ICAO KALO
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Waterloo
- Elevation
- 873 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 5:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1947
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 8,399 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 6,003 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), tree 107 ft high 5,200 ft from the end
- Runway 30: VASI, four boxes on the left, medium-intensity approach lights (MALS)
- Runway 18: VASI, four boxes on the left, tree 75 ft high 1,875 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 50 ft high 2,300 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 125.075 | Waterloo |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Alo and automated weather (ASOS) | 120.65 | Waterloo |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 121.9 | Waterloo |
| Approach and departure · Waterloo and center (remote transmitter) Low | 118.9 | Waterloo |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Waterloo |
| Waterloo and rco | 122.6 | Waterloo |
| Ang and operations | 142.6 | Waterloo |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 319-209-4125.
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 Waterloo from the FAA register
40 aircraft are registered to owners in Waterloo, Iowa: 28 piston singles, 4 drones, 3 piston twins, 2 turboprops, 2 business jets. 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 · 10 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
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 12; mals runway 30; VASI runway 18; PAPI runway 36; medium-intensity runway lights runways 18/36, and high-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 - the common traffic frequency.
- Car rental
- Fuel available on required. Fee for services.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Runway 30 is calm wind runway.
- When departing all runways, ends of other runways not visible.
- When the control tower closed and durg snow events, all arrival/departure aircraft annc their intns on the common traffic frequency 5 minimum prior to using the runways.
- Personnel and equp performing snow removal operations will monitor the common traffic frequency.
- Airport surface conditions unmon 10:00 pm to 4:30 am daily.
- Air carrier NA taxiway a east of runway 12/30.
- Taxiway a light between runway 12/30 and army avn support ramp NA.
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.