Clarion Municipal
CAV · KCAV · Clarion, Iowa · Wright County · map
Clarion Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Clarion, 1 mile northwest of Clarion, Iowa, 1,157 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 3,455 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KCAV · observed 4:55 pm CDT (21:55 UTC), 11 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (260°) at 10 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 84°F (29°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 29.82 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 KCAV 062155Z AUTO 26010KT 10SM CLR 29/13 A2982 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 CAV · ICAO KCAV
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Clarion
- Elevation
- 1,157 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1941
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 3,455 × 60 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 18 ft high 560 ft from the end
- Runway 32: PAPI, two lights on the left, pole 59 ft high 2,210 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Cav and aWOS-3 | 126.575 | |
| Fort Dodge Center (remote transmitter) Low | 134.0 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 515-532-3515.
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 Clarion from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Clarion, Iowa: 3 piston singles, 3 drones. 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 · 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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Runway 14/32 medium-intensity runway lights preset low intst; activate PAPI and runway end identifier lights runway 14 and 32 and medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 higher intst - the common traffic frequency
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.