Manchester Municipal
C27 · Manchester, Iowa · Delaware County · map
Manchester Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Manchester, 2 miles west of Manchester, Iowa, 987 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,465 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA C27
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Manchester
- Elevation
- 987 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, on call
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1963
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 3,465 × 50 ft | Asphalt, good | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: tree 6 ft high 296 ft from the end
- Runway 36: threshold displaced 305 ft, building 28 ft high 295 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Manchester from the FAA register
16 aircraft are registered to owners in Manchester, Iowa: 8 piston singles, 6 drones, 1 piston twin, 1 business jet. 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 · 1 since 1982, 1 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
- Extended 190' runway 18 end
- Runway 36 approach slope 21:1 to displaced thld.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.