Estherville Municipal
EST · KEST · Estherville, Iowa · Emmet County · map
Estherville Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Estherville, 4 miles east of Estherville, Iowa, 1,319 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 16/34, is 4,797 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KEST · observed 2:49 pm CDT (19:49 UTC), 5 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (260°) at 10 knots, gusting to 14
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 82°F (28°C), dew point 50°F (10°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 KEST 061949Z AUTO 26010G14KT 10SM CLR 28/10 A2982 RMK AO2 SLP092 T02780100
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 EST · ICAO KEST
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Estherville
- Elevation
- 1,319 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, dawn to dusk
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1942
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 4,797 × 75 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 06/24 | 2,989 × 90 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 16: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 34: PAPI, four lights on the left, road 19 ft high 850 ft from the end
- Runway 24: road 15 ft high 575 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.975 | |
| Est and automated weather (ASOS) | 121.425 | |
| Fairmont and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.75 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 712-362-7250.
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 Estherville from the FAA register
29 aircraft are registered to owners in Estherville, Iowa: 22 piston singles, 5 drones, 2 piston twins. 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, 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 runway 16/34; runway end identifier lights runways 16 and 34; PAPI runways 16 and 34 - the common traffic frequency.
- Iowa lakes aviation
- Runway end identifier lights are omnidirectional.
- 06/24 marked with yellow cones.
- Runway 34 is calm wind runway.
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.