Boone Municipal
BNW · KBNW · Boone, Iowa · Boone County · map
Boone Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Boone, 2 miles southeast of Boone, Iowa, 1,160 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 15/33, is 4,808 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, car gas (mogas)) and about 38 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 18,000 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Boone Municipal?
Its FAA code is BNW, and its ICAO code is KBNW.
Where is Boone Municipal?
It is 2 miles southeast of Boone, Iowa, 1,160 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Boone Municipal?
The longest of its 2 runways, 15/33, is 4,808 feet long.
Does Boone Municipal have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Boone Municipal?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A, car gas (mogas).
Are there flight schools at Boone 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 Boone Municipal?
4 pilot examiners and 13 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 Boone Municipal…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BNW · ICAO KBNW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Boone
- Elevation
- 1,160 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, car gas (mogas); the services card below
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1949
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 4,808 × 75 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 02/20 | 3,248 × 146 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 15: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 140 ft, 4,667 ft available for landing, tree 41 ft high 1,026 ft from the end
- Runway 33: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 02: right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 20: tree 50 ft high 1,430 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Approach and departure | 123.9 | |
| Bnw and aWOS-3 | 120.925 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 515-432-9042.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, car gas (mogas)
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Ames Municipal (11 nm east), Perry Municipal (19 nm southwest), Webster City Municipal (23 nm north).
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
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 15; PAPI runway 15 and 33; medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 - the common traffic frequency.
- Joe pundzak
- Yellow cones.
- Yellow cones.
- 28:1 to dthr.
- Unatndd holidays and when ceiling less than 400 feet or visibility less than 1 MI.
- Runway 02/20 no snow removal, runway closed when snow conditions exist.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 30 |
| multi-engine | 2 |
| other | 6 |
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 18,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 4,426 |
| general aviation, local | 5,687 |
| military | 7,887 |
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 Boone from the FAA register
12 aircraft are registered to owners in Boone, Iowa: 6 piston singles, 3 drones, 3 balloons. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
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 Boone, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Iowa State University 4 aircraft · Ames, 12 miles away Iowa State University is a land-grant university in Ames, Iowa, founded in 1858.
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
4 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 4 for private pilot, 4 for commercial and instrument, 3 for airline transport pilot, 4 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 4 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 13 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 (11 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 (11 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 (11 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 (22 nm) · (515) 724-4164 · [email protected]
All 17 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 · 4 since 1982, 1 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 Boone 12 aircraft · 6 piston singles, 3 drones, 3 balloons
- Vista Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Iowa State University 4 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 4 since 1982 · 1 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 4,506 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/BNW.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 27, 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.