Hampton Municipal
HPT · KHPT · Hampton, Iowa · Franklin County · map
Hampton Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Hampton, 2 miles southwest of Hampton, Iowa, 1,176 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 4,020 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 21 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 5,500 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KHPT · observed 5:35 pm CDT (22:35 UTC), 19 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (270°) at 8 knots, gusting to 16
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 77°F (25°C), dew point 52°F (11°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 KHPT 062235Z AUTO 27008G16KT 10SM CLR 25/11 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 HPT · ICAO KHPT
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Hampton
- Elevation
- 1,176 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1969
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 4,020 × 75 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 35: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Hpt and aWOS-3 | 121.025 | |
| Fort Dodge Center (remote transmitter) Low | 134.0 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 641-456-4055.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 5,500, 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 Hampton from the FAA register
30 aircraft are registered to owners in Hampton, Iowa: 19 piston singles, 5 drones, 2 turboprops, 2 helicopters, 1 piston twin. 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, 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 17 and 35; PAPI runway 17 and 35; medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency.
- Schumann aviation
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.