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) and about 89 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 40,500 takeoffs and landings a year. About 331 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Weather right now KIKV · observed 8:15 pm CDT (01:15 UTC), 7 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (190°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 81°F (27°C), dew point 66°F (19°C)
- Altimeter 29.71 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued, and in English (METAR)
METAR KIKV 130115Z AUTO 19006KT 10SM CLR 27/19 A2971 RMK AO2
- METAR
- a routine hourly observation
- KIKV
- the station, KIKV
- 130115Z
- observed 8:15 pm CDT (01:15 UTC)
- AUTO
- fully automated report, nobody checked it
- 19006KT
- wind from the south at 6 knots
- 10SM
- visibility 10 miles
- CLR
- clear skies
- 27/19
- temperature 27 °C (81 °F), dew point 19 °C (66 °F)
- A2971
- altimeter setting 29.71 inches of mercury
- RMK
- remarks follow
- AO2
- automated station with a precipitation sensor
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.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
1 warning in force over this field:
- AIRMET TANGO 1W: low-level wind shear (due to air speed loss or gain of 20 knots or more below 2,000 ft above the ground).
Turbulence No turbulence warning in force over this field. AIRMET in force: low-level wind shear (due to air speed loss or gain of 20 knots or more below 2,000 ft above the ground). No pilot has reported turbulence within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours. The government's turbulence forecast map ↗
Icing No icing warning in force over this field. No pilot has reported icing within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours. The freezing level is about 15,000 ft (from the winds-aloft temperatures), so icing is possible in cloud above that. The government's icing forecast map ↗
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (DSM, 10 nm southwest), for use 20:00–03:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 220° at 35 kt; 6,000 ft: 250° at 33 kt, 19 °C; 9,000 ft: 260° at 38 kt, 13 °C; 12,000 ft: 250° at 42 kt, 7 °C; 18,000 ft: 260° at 32 kt, -8 °C.
No temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles.
19 notices to air missions in force at this field. runway 04/22 closed runway 18/36 closed
- closed Runway 04/22 closed until Fri 16 Oct, 6:00 pm CDT (23:00 UTC), estimated · IKV 10/003
as issued
!IKV 10/003 IKV RWY 04/22 CLSD 2610121200-2610162300EST
- closed Runway 18/36 closed until Mon 30 Nov, 5:00 pm CST (23:00 UTC), estimated · IKV 03/027
as issued
!IKV 03/027 IKV RWY 18/36 CLSD 2603301200-2611302300EST
- closed Taxiway C between taxiway B and approach end runway 36 closed until Mon 30 Nov, 5:00 pm CST (23:00 UTC), estimated · IKV 03/024
as issued
!IKV 03/024 IKV TWY C BTN TWY B AND APCH END RWY 36 CLSD 2603301200-2611302300EST
- closed Taxiway B between taxiway C and runway 04/22 closed until Mon 30 Nov, 5:00 pm CST (23:00 UTC), estimated · IKV 03/025
as issued
!IKV 03/025 IKV TWY B BTN TWY C AND RWY 04/22 CLSD 2603301200-2611302300EST
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. The notices come from the FAA's notice service, the site's copy refreshed every few minutes (last checked a minute ago). The FAA has so far issued eFlight its test feed, which misses some notices; the request for the full feed is with the FAA.
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure), bulk oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Des Moines International (10 nm southwest), Ames Municipal (18 nm north), Newton Muni-Earl Johnson Field (24 nm east).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Iowa · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 74 |
| multi-engine | 4 |
| jets | 10 |
| other | 1 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 40,500, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 24,300 |
| general aviation, local | 16,200 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Iowa.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Ankeny, by their names on the register:
- Clear Skies Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft Clear Skies Flying Club is a community-based flying club offering members access to a fleet of aircraft for training, time-building, and personal flying.
- Live Pilot Training LLC 1 aircraft
- Vintage Flying Club 1 aircraft Solar Flying Club is a non-profit, equity ownership flying club based at Ankeny Regional Airport in Ankeny, Iowa.
- Vintage Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft Solar Flying Club is a non-profit, equity ownership flying club based at Ankeny Regional Airport in Ankeny, Iowa.
Charter operators and airlines based in Ankeny:
- Exec 1 Aviation, Inc. 9 aircraft on the certificate Exec 1 Aviation is a charter operator and FBO based in Ankeny, Iowa, offering on-demand private jet charter flights, jet card programs, aircraft management, flight instruction, and maintenance services.
Repair stations in Ankeny:
- Exec1 Aviation INC Exec 1 Aviation is a charter operator and FBO based in Ankeny, Iowa, offering on-demand private jet charter flights, jet card programs, aircraft management, flight instruction, and maintenance services.
Companies in the same town as this airport; not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
6 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 6 for private pilot, 5 for commercial and instrument, 4 for airline transport pilot, 5 for flight instructor, 4 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 5 for airplanes, 5 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 11 aviation medical examiners.
- Harrison McNaughton private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Ankeny Regional Airport · Ankeny, IA (0 nm) · (515) 202-8964 · harrison.mcnaughton@hotmail.com
- Christopher David Schrodt private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Central Iowa Air Service · Ames, IA (18 nm) · (641) 351-7675 · chris@smartaviation.tech
- John Burkhardt private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Central Iowa Air Service · Ames, IA (18 nm) · (641) 330-9290 · johnburkhardt88@gmail.com
- Bill Joseph Clemons private pilot, commercial pilot; balloons · Midwest Balloon Services · Truro, IA (33 nm) · (641) 765-4770 · hotairrepair@aol.com
- Shane Vande Voort private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Pella Municipal Airport · Pella, IA (33 nm) · (641) 780-0244 · shane@flyclassicaviation.com
- John Brent Mclaughlin private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Jefferson Municipal Airport · Jefferson, IA (40 nm) · (515) 724-4164 · copterjohn@gmail.com
All 17 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Ankeny 99 aircraft · 53 piston singles, 25 drones, 10 business jets
- Central Iowa Aviation LLC 11 aircraft in town
- Iowa Military Aviation Heritage Museum 6 aircraft in town
- Spartan AG Drones LLC 5 aircraft in town
- Terra Xplore INC 2 aircraft in town
- Exec 1 Aviation, Inc. 9 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Clear Skies Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Live Pilot Training LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Vintage Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Exec1 Aviation INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 13 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Iowa 869 since 1982 · 129 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Iowa 112 landing places
- Iowa 4,493 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/IKV.json.
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 9, 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.