Fort Madison Municipal
FSW · KFSW · Fort Madison, Iowa · Lee County · map
Fort Madison Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Fort Madison, 2 miles north of Fort Madison, Iowa, 722 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 4,000 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 11 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 2,750 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Fort Madison Municipal?
Its FAA code is FSW, and its ICAO code is KFSW.
Where is Fort Madison Municipal?
It is 2 miles north of Fort Madison, Iowa, 722 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Fort Madison Municipal?
Its one runway, 17/35, is 4,000 feet long, concrete.
Does Fort Madison Municipal have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Fort Madison Municipal?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Fort Madison Municipal?
3 pilot examiners and 3 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA FSW · ICAO KFSW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Fort Madison
- Elevation
- 722 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Sunday, on call
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1959
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 4,000 × 75 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: right-hand traffic pattern, trees 40 ft high 1,100 ft from the end
- Runway 35: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 13 ft high 400 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Fsw and aWOS-3 | 120.925 | |
| Burlington and center (remote transmitter) Low | 135.6 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 319-372-5147.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Southeast Iowa Regional (12 nm northeast), Keokuk Municipal (13 nm south), Mount Pleasant Municipal (19 nm northwest), Macomb Municipal (32 nm east).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Iowa · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Taxiway lights at entrance only.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 and runway end identifier lights runway 35 and PAPI runway 35 - the common traffic frequency.
- Self serve with credit card.
- Runway 35 PAPI unusable beyond 6 degreess left of centerline and beyond 8 degreess right of centerline.
- +33 feet trees 1000 feet L/R.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 9 |
| multi-engine | 1 |
| jets | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 2,750, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 418 |
| general aviation, travelling | 898 |
| general aviation, local | 1,434 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Fort Madison from the FAA register
9 aircraft are registered to owners in Fort Madison, Iowa: 6 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Iowa.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
3 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 3 for private pilot, 2 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 2 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 3 aviation medical examiners.
- Andrew Donovan Dow private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Quincy, IL (43 nm) · (515) 297-0924 · [email protected]
- Thomas Paul Burns private pilot, flight instructor, commercial pilot; gliders · Muscatine, IA (43 nm) · (563) 299-5942 · [email protected]
- Jeffrey Allen private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Jet Air, Inc. · Galesburg, IL (44 nm) · (309) 221-3577 · [email protected]
All 6 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Fort Madison 9 aircraft · 6 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 1 weight-shift and powered parachutes
- Outside In Aviation LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Accidents and incidents in Iowa 869 since 1982 · 129 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Iowa 112 landing places
- Iowa 4,506 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/FSW.json.
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 27, 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.