Fairfield Municipal
FFL · KFFL · Fairfield, Iowa · Jefferson County · map
Fairfield Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Fairfield, 3 miles northwest of Fairfield, Iowa, 801 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 5,503 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 20 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 5,000 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KFFL · observed 6:15 pm CDT (23:15 UTC), 16 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (190°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 73°F (23°C), dew point 54°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 29.88 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 KFFL 062315Z AUTO 19006KT 10SM CLR 23/12 A2988 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 FFL · ICAO KFFL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Fairfield
- Elevation
- 801 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 1,001 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:30 am to 4:30 pm; Saturday to Sunday, on call
- 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
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1967
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 5,503 × 100 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 08/26 | 2,505 × 140 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 36: PAPI, four lights on the left, road 17 ft high 1,054 ft from the end
- Runway 08: fence 6 ft high 120 ft from the end
- Runway 26: fence 4 ft high 80 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Ottumwa and center (remote transmitter) Low | 118.15 | |
| Ffl and aWOS-3 | 132.025 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 641-472-4548.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 5,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
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 Fairfield from the FAA register
21 aircraft are registered to owners in Fairfield, Iowa: 11 piston singles, 7 drones, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin, 1 balloon. 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, 2 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 18/36; PAPI and runway end identifier lights runways 18 and 36 - the common traffic frequency.
- Airport unatndd all major holidays
- Closed NOV-MAR.
- 08/26 thresholds and edges marked with yellow cones. Threshold cones have red/green reflector tape and edge cones have white.
- Runway 36 is calm wind runway.
- Birds 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.