Ankeny Regional
IKV · KIKV · Ankeny, Iowa · Polk County · map
Ankeny Regional is a public-use airport owned by Polk County Aviation Auth, 1 mile southeast of Ankeny, Iowa, 910 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 5,500 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KIKV · observed 3:15 pm CDT (20:15 UTC), 23 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (210°) at 12 knots, gusting to 18
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 81°F (27°C), dew point 57°F (14°C)
- Altimeter 29.87 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 KIKV 062015Z AUTO 21012G18KT 10SM CLR 27/14 A2987 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 IKV · ICAO KIKV
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Polk County Aviation Auth
- Elevation
- 910 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 9:00 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
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1994
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 5,500 × 100 ft | Concrete, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 4,200 × 75 ft | Concrete, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 49 ft high 2,025 ft from the end
- Runway 36: ILS with DME, PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, tree 20 ft high 355 ft from the end
- Runway 04: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, tree 31 ft high 981 ft from the end
- Runway 22: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 56 ft high 1,178 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Clearance delivery | 126.65 | |
| Approach and departure | 123.9 | |
| Ikv and aWOS-3 | 119.175 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 515-965-5764.
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 Ankeny from the FAA register
99 aircraft are registered to owners in Ankeny, Iowa: 53 piston singles, 25 drones, 10 business jets, 4 gliders, 4 balloons. 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 · 13 since 1982, 2 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 PAPI runway 4/22; medium-intensity runway lights runways 04/22 and 18/36; runway end identifier lights runways 4 and 18/36 - the common traffic frequency
- Frequency 122.900 is also used as UNICOM.
- 47 feet tree 177 feet from taxiway end 283 feet R of centerline, 7:1 approach slope.
- Amgr required use of preferential runway 04 when winds are calm.
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.