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).
Weather right now KAMW · observed 1:53 pm CDT (18:53 UTC), 62 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (190°) at 11 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 81°F (27°C), dew point 53°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 29.88 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 KAMW 061853Z AUTO 19011KT 10SM CLR 27/12 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP111 T02720117
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 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
- 100 octane avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1943
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. 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.
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 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Iowa.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.