LE Mars Municipal
LRJ · KLRJ · Le Mars, Iowa · Plymouth County · map
LE Mars Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of le Mars, 2 miles southwest of Le Mars, Iowa, 1,197 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 5,056 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KLRJ · observed 3:15 pm CDT (20:15 UTC), 21 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-southwest (250°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Altimeter 29.82 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 KLRJ 062015Z AUTO 25005KT 10SM CLR A2982 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 LRJ · ICAO KLRJ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of le Mars
- Elevation
- 1,197 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:30 pm; Saturday to Sunday, prior request
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1941
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 5,056 × 75 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 300 ft, tree 16 ft high 282 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the right, threshold displaced 300 ft, road 15 ft high 500 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.6 | |
| Lrj and aWOS-3P | 120.975 | |
| Sioux City Center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.025 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 712-546-8439.
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 Le Mars from the FAA register
22 aircraft are registered to owners in Le Mars, Iowa: 14 piston singles, 5 drones, 2 business jets, 1 turboprop. 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 · 1 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
- Provided approach to each runway is maintd for a minimum 20:1 glide slope and the trsnl surface be maintd for a 7:1 slope.
- Aft hours service fee.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runways 18 and 36; PAPI runway 18 and 36; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- 8 feet shrubs 25 feet from runway end 85 feet right on approach.
- 36:1 clearance to dthr.
- Obstruction slope 50:1 to dthr.
- Approach slope 33:1 to dthr.
- Runway 36 is calm wind runway.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -23C.
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.