Algona Municipal
AXA · KAXA · Algona, Iowa · Kossuth County · map
Algona Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Algona, 2 miles west of Algona, Iowa, 1,216 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 4,200 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KAXA · observed 2:35 pm CDT (19:35 UTC), 20 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-southwest (240°) at 9 knots, gusting to 14
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 81°F (27°C), dew point 54°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 29.81 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 KAXA 061935Z AUTO 24009G14KT 10SM CLR 27/12 A2981 RMK A01
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 AXA · ICAO KAXA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Algona
- Elevation
- 1,216 feet above sea level
- 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: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1949
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 4,200 × 75 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 2,895 × 160 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 13: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 199 ft, road 22 ft high 500 ft from the end
- Runway 31: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 18: road 15 ft high 340 ft from the end
- Runway 36: fence 4 ft high 135 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Axa and aWOS-3 | 118.475 | |
| Fort Dodge Center (remote transmitter) Low | 134.0 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 515-295-9634.
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 Algona from the FAA register
18 aircraft are registered to owners in Algona, Iowa: 15 piston singles, 3 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 · 3 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
- Runway 13 is calm wind runway.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31; runway end identifier lights and PAPI runways 13 and 31 - the common traffic frequency.
- 4' fence 135' from runway end
- 31:1 clearance to dthr.
- Runway 18/36 marked with yellow cones.
- Runway 18/36 no snow removal, runway closed when snow conditions exist.
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.