Marion Airport
C17 · Marion, Iowa · Linn County · map
Marion Airport is a public-use airport owned by 530 Investments, INC., 3 miles east of Marion, Iowa, 861 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 3,776 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, car gas (mogas)).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA C17
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- 530 Investments, INC.
- Elevation
- 861 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, car gas (mogas)
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1966
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 3,776 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: threshold displaced 244 ft, trees 16 ft high 275 ft from the end
- Runway 35: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights 17/35 - the common traffic frequency. |
| Approach and departure | 134.05 | |
| Cedar Rapids Center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.8 |
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Aircraft registered in Marion from the FAA register
42 aircraft are registered to owners in Marion, Iowa: 27 piston singles, 7 balloons, 6 drones, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin. 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 · 6 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
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights 17/35 - the common traffic frequency.
- Deer and waterfowl on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Approach slope 20:1 to dthr.
- 18 feet road, 145 feet from runway end on runway centerline.
- Occasional skydiving and balloon launches MAY-SEP
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.