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, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 81 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 22,558 takeoffs and landings a year. About 12,181 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Waterloo Regional?
Its FAA code is ALO, and its ICAO code is KALO.
Where is Waterloo Regional?
It is 4 miles northwest of Waterloo, Iowa, 873 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Waterloo Regional?
The longest of its 2 runways, 12/30, is 8,399 feet long.
Does Waterloo Regional have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Waterloo Regional?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Waterloo Regional?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Chicago O'Hare International, Laughlin/Bullhead International, General Mitchell International, Reno/Tahoe International, Shenandoah Valley Regional. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Waterloo Regional?
5 pilot examiners and 1 aviation medical examiner 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 Waterloo Regional…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure), bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- air ambulance, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Oelwein Municipal (20 nm east), James H Connell Field AT Independence Municipal (21 nm east), Vinton Veterans Memorial Airpark (26 nm southeast).
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
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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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.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 657 departures from ALO in those twelve months, carrying 21,584 passengers in 45,442 seats (47% filled), to 21 destinations on 5 airlines.
All 21 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 55 |
| multi-engine | 9 |
| jets | 4 |
| helicopters | 5 |
| other | 8 |
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 22,558, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 53 |
| air taxi and commuter | 1,932 |
| general aviation, travelling | 11,140 |
| general aviation, local | 8,142 |
| military | 1,291 |
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 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, 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
Repair stations in Waterloo:
- Livingston Aviation INC Livingston Aviation is a full-service FBO located in Waterloo, Iowa, offering aircraft maintenance, flight training, and aircraft sales.
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: 5 for private pilot, 4 for commercial and instrument, 3 for airline transport pilot, 4 for flight instructor, 4 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 5 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 1 for helicopters. Also nearby: 1 aviation medical examiner, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance).
- Timothy Newton private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes, multi-engine seaplanes, helicopters · Livingston Aviation · Waterloo, IA (0 nm) · (641) 257-8698 · [email protected]
- Christopher David Schrodt private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Charles City Aeronautics, Inc. · Charles City, IA (32 nm) · (641) 351-7675 · [email protected]
- John Burkhardt private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Charles City Aeronautics · Charles City, IA (32 nm) · (641) 330-9290 · [email protected]
- Cole Robert Norton private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Marion, IA (50 nm) · (319) 981-7768 · [email protected]
- Janice Wray Walton private pilot; airplanes · Marion Airport/C17 · Marion, IA (50 nm) · (319) 721-3994 · [email protected]
All 7 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
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 · 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. 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 Waterloo 40 aircraft · 28 piston singles, 4 drones, 3 piston twins
- Windigo Transportation INC 2 aircraft in town
- Plane Progress LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Livingston Aviation INC 2 aircraft in town
- Coordinate Productions LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Livingston Aviation INC · repair station
- Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) 631 flights in twelve months · Envoy Air, SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Laughlin/Bullhead International (IFP) 4 flights in twelve months · Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
- General Mitchell International (MKE) 2 flights in twelve months · Envoy Air, SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Reno/Tahoe International (RNO) 2 flights in twelve months · Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
- Shenandoah Valley Regional (SHD) 2 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Cleveland-Hopkins International (CLE) 1 flights in twelve months · Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
- Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl (DCA) 1 flights in twelve months · Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
- Denver International (DEN) 1 flights in twelve months · Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 10 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/ALO.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.