Forest City Muni/Trimble Field
FXY · KFXY · Forest City, Iowa · Hancock County · map
Forest City Muni/Trimble Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Forest City, 2 miles south of Forest City, Iowa, 1,229 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 15/33, is 5,796 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Weather right now KFXY · observed 4:50 pm CDT (21:50 UTC), 16 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (260°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 81°F (27°C), dew point 48°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 29.81 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 KFXY 062150Z AUTO 26005KT 10SM CLR 27/09 A2981 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 FXY · ICAO KFXY
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Forest City
- Elevation
- 1,229 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1958
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 5,796 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 09/27 | 2,707 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 600 ft, trees 44 ft high 754 ft from the end
- Runway 33: PAPI, two lights on the left, fence 5 ft high 315 ft from the end
- Runway 09: tree 34 ft high 645 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Mason City Rco | 122.6 | Mason City · Communications provided by fort dodge radio on frequency 122.6 (mason City rco). |
| Fxy and aWOS-3 | 123.925 | |
| Mason City Center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.3 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 641-581-2347.
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 Forest City from the FAA register
5 aircraft are registered to owners in Forest City, Iowa: 5 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Iowa.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 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
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 15 and 33; PAPI runway 15 and 33; medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 and 15/33 - the common traffic frequency.
- 34:1 to dthr.
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.