Creston Municipal
CSQ · KCSQ · Creston, Iowa · Union County · map
Creston Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Creston, 3 miles south of Creston, Iowa, 1,300 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 16/34, is 4,901 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KCSQ · observed 2:35 pm CDT (19:35 UTC), 19 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (210°) at 14 knots, gusting to 21
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 79°F (26°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 29.90 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 KCSQ 061935Z AUTO 21014G21KT 10SM CLR 26/13 A2990 RMK AO2 PWINO
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 CSQ · ICAO KCSQ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Creston
- Elevation
- 1,300 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; weekends, on call
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1958
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 4,901 × 75 ft | Concrete, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 1,692 × 100 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 16: PAPI, two lights on the left, fence 13 ft high 520 ft from the end
- Runway 34: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 5 ft high 326 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Csq and aWOS-3 | 124.75 | |
| Des Moines Center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.65 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 641-782-6286.
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 Creston from the FAA register
22 aircraft are registered to owners in Creston, Iowa: 13 piston singles, 8 drones, 1 helicopter. 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, 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
- Remote control operations in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 16 and 34; PAPI runway 16 and 34; medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 preset low intst; incr intst - the common traffic frequency.
- Tadd carr
- Closed durg winter.
- Sharp drop at runway end.
- Yellow cones.
- Yellow cones.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.