Ames Municipal
AMW · KAMW · Ames, Iowa · Story County · map
Ames Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Ames, 2 miles southeast of Ames, Iowa, 956 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 01/19, is 5,701 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100 octane avgas, Jet A) and about 63 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 30,150 takeoffs and landings a year. About 18 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Ames Municipal?
Its FAA code is AMW, and its ICAO code is KAMW.
Where is Ames Municipal?
It is 2 miles southeast of Ames, Iowa, 956 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Ames Municipal?
The longest of its 2 runways, 01/19, is 5,701 feet long.
Does Ames Municipal have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Ames Municipal?
The FAA's airport file lists 100 octane avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Ames Municipal?
Airline flights go to 1 airport, the busiest of them Harry Reid International. Every route
Are there flight schools at Ames Municipal?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Iowa State University. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Ames Municipal?
6 pilot examiners and 12 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 Ames Municipal…
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 AMW · ICAO KAMW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Ames
- Elevation
- 956 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, dawn to dusk
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100 octane avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1943
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 5,701 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | High-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 3,491 × 75 ft | Concrete, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: ILS with DME, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern, tree 46 ft high 2,167 ft from the end
- Runway 19: VASI, four boxes on the left, tree 87 ft high 2,400 ft from the end
- Runway 13: right-hand traffic pattern, tree 7 ft high 340 ft from the end
- Runway 31: tree 83 ft high 2,812 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Clearance delivery | 126.0 | |
| Approach and departure | 123.9 | |
| Amw and automated weather (ASOS) | 132.025 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 515-233-2611.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100 octane avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Boone Municipal (11 nm west), Ankeny Regional (18 nm south), Perry Municipal (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
- Be alert for glider and ultralight operations in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 01; VASI runways 19; high-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 and medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 - the common traffic frequency.
- 32 feet tree 124 feet from runway end and 158 feet R on approach; clnc slope 1:1
- Bird and deer act on and in the vicinity of airport
- Runway 01 is calm wind runway.
- Stadium WI 3 NM, check for events.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -26C.
- For clearance delivery contact des moines the control tower on 126.0 or call 515-974- 8016.
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.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 1 departures from AMW in those twelve months, carrying 8 passengers in 9 seats (89% filled), to 1 destination on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ames Municipal → Harry Reid International AMW–LAS | 1 | 8 | Scott Aviation, LLC ... |
All 1 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 | 47 |
| multi-engine | 6 |
| jets | 4 |
| helicopters | 1 |
| other | 5 |
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 30,150, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 1,479 |
| general aviation, travelling | 16,934 |
| general aviation, local | 11,291 |
| military | 446 |
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 Ames from the FAA register
58 aircraft are registered to owners in Ames, Iowa: 41 piston singles, 6 gliders, 6 drones, 2 piston twins, 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
Fuel and service companies in Ames, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
- Farnham Aviation Services LLC Farnham Aviation Services is the fixed base operator (FBO) of Boone Municipal Airport in Boone, Iowa.
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Iowa State University 4 aircraft · Ames Iowa State University is a land-grant university in Ames, Iowa, founded in 1858.
Repair stations in Ames:
- Haps Air Service INC Hap's Air Service is a family-owned aviation business in Ames, Iowa, operating since 1947.
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
6 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 6 for private pilot, 5 for commercial and instrument, 4 for airline transport pilot, 5 for flight instructor, 4 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 5 for airplanes, 5 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 12 aviation medical examiners.
- 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 · Central Iowa Air Service · Ames, IA (0 nm) · (641) 351-7675 · [email protected]
- Harrison McNaughton private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Ames Municipal Airport · Ames, IA (0 nm) · (515) 202-8964 · [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 · Central Iowa Air Service · Ames, IA (0 nm) · (641) 330-9290 · [email protected]
- John Brent Mclaughlin private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Jefferson Municipal Airport · Jefferson, IA (32 nm) · (515) 724-4164 · [email protected]
- Shane Vande Voort private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Pella Municipal Airport · Pella, IA (47 nm) · (641) 780-0244 · [email protected]
- Bill Joseph Clemons private pilot, commercial pilot; balloons · Midwest Balloon Services · Truro, IA (49 nm) · (641) 765-4770 · [email protected]
All 18 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.
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 · 12 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 Ames 58 aircraft · 41 piston singles, 6 gliders, 6 drones
- Iowa State University 4 aircraft in town
- Hap'S Air INC 3 aircraft in town
- Farnham Aviation Services LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Farnham Aviation Services LLC 3 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Iowa State University 4 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Haps Air Service INC · repair station
- Harry Reid International (LAS) 1 flights in twelve months · Scott Aviation, LLC d/b/a Silver Air
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 12 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 4,509 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/AMW.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.