Cherokee County Regional
CKP · KCKP · Cherokee, Iowa · Cherokee County · map
Cherokee County Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Cherokee, 1 mile south of Cherokee, Iowa, 1,227 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 4,001 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KCKP · observed 4:15 pm CDT (21:15 UTC), 5 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (260°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 82°F (28°C), dew point 57°F (14°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 KCKP 062115Z AUTO 26004KT 10SM CLR 28/14 A2982 RMK AO2
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 CKP · ICAO KCKP
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Cherokee
- Elevation
- 1,227 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 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
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 4,001 × 75 ft | Concrete, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 01/19 | 1,941 × 120 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 36: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 19: trees 51 ft high 1,755 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Ckp and aWOS-3PT | 119.225 | |
| Sioux City Center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.025 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 712-225-1088.
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 Cherokee from the FAA register
19 aircraft are registered to owners in Cherokee, Iowa: 11 piston singles, 7 drones, 1 turboprop. 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
- Waterfowl on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36; runway end identifier lights and PAPI runways 18 and 36 - the common traffic frequency.
- 24 hour self serve fuel available
- Closed NOV-APR.
- Runway 01/19 thlds and sides marked with yellow cones.
- Approach slope 27:1 approach slope to displaced thld.
- Runway 1/19 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.