Harlan Municipal
HNR · KHNR · Harlan, Iowa · Shelby County · map
Harlan Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Harlan, 3 miles southwest of Harlan, Iowa, 1,231 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 15/33, is 4,100 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KHNR · observed 3:15 pm CDT (20:15 UTC), 23 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (210°) at 11 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 82°F (28°C), dew point 59°F (15°C)
- Altimeter 29.85 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 KHNR 062015Z AUTO 21011KT 10SM CLR 28/15 A2985 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 HNR · ICAO KHNR
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Harlan
- Elevation
- 1,231 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- April to September, Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; October to March, Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1944
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 4,100 × 75 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 03/21 | 1,693 × 120 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 15: PAPI, two lights on the left, gnd 14 ft high 490 ft from the end
- Runway 33: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 16 ft high 528 ft from the end
- Runway 03: fence 8 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 21: fence 10 ft high 295 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.5 | |
| Hnr and aWOS-3 | 118.325 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 712-744-4400.
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 Harlan from the FAA register
14 aircraft are registered to owners in Harlan, Iowa: 10 piston singles, 4 drones. 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 runway end identifier lights runway 15 and 33; PAPI runway 15 and 33; medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 - the common traffic frequency.
- Dan kleinpaste, chairman, airport comm.
- Self serve or full service on required.
- Self serve or full service on required.
- Runway 03/21 thlds and sides marked with cones.
- Runway 15 is calm wind runway.
- Scott mclaughlin, chairman, airport commission
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.