Grinnell Regional
GGI · KGGI · Grinnell, Iowa · Poweshiek County · map
Grinnell Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Grinnell, 1 mile south of Grinnell, Iowa, 1,008 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 5,200 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KGGI · observed 3:15 pm CDT (20:15 UTC), 21 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (210°) at 16 knots, gusting to 20
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 80°F (26°C), dew point 50°F (10°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 KGGI 062015Z AUTO 21016G20KT 10SM CLR 27/10 A2990 RMK AO2 T02650101
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 GGI · ICAO KGGI
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Grinnell
- Elevation
- 1,008 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; Saturday, 8:00 am to 12:00 pm
- 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
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1987
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 5,200 × 75 ft | Concrete, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 200 ft, tree 40 ft high 1,230 ft from the end
- Runway 31: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 200 ft, tree 52 ft high 1,109 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Ggi and aWOS-3 | 120.725 | |
| Des Moines Center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.05 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 641-236-9720.
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 Grinnell from the FAA register
43 aircraft are registered to owners in Grinnell, Iowa: 27 drones, 9 piston singles, 7 turboprops. 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 · 5 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
- Airspace determination pending.
- Runway 31 is calm wind runway.
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 preset on low intst; to incr intst and activate PAPI and runway end identifier lights runways 13 and 31- the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 13 approach slp 35:1 to displaced threshold.
- Runway 31 approach slp 25:1 to displaced threshold.
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.