Mason City Municipal
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Mason City Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Mason City, 5 miles west of Mason City, Iowa, 1,213 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 6,501 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KMCW · observed 3:53 pm CDT (20:53 UTC), 29 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-southwest (250°) at 10 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 81°F (27°C), dew point 54°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 29.81 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:20 pm CDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 16 knots, gusting to 25, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 4:30 pm CDT (21:30 UTC): wind from the west-southwest at 13 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 6:00 pm CDT (23:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 5:00 am CDT (10:00 UTC): wind from the north-northwest at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KMCW 062053Z AUTO 25010KT 10SM CLR 27/12 A2981 RMK AO2 SLP084 T02720122 56018
TAF KMCW 061720Z 0618/0718 23016G25KT P6SM SKC FM062130 24013KT P6SM SKC FM062300 23006KT P6SM SKC FM071000 34005KT P6SM SCT250
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 MCW · ICAO KMCW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Mason City
- Elevation
- 1,213 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 5:00 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
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1943
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 6,501 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 12/30 | 5,502 × 150 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: VASI, four boxes on the left, medium-intensity approach lights (MALS)
- Runway 36: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), 6,401 ft available for landing
- Runway 12: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 63 ft high 1,700 ft from the end
- Runway 30: PAPI, four lights on the left, building 41 ft high 1,650 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Mcw and automated weather (ASOS) | 120.300 | |
| Mason City Rco | 122.6 | Mason City · Communications provided by fort dodge radio on frequency 122.6 (Mason City rco). |
| Mason City Center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.3 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 641-255-0381.
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 Mason City from the FAA register
39 aircraft are registered to owners in Mason City, Iowa: 36 piston singles, 2 drones, 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 · 9 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
- Bird actvty on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate high-intensity runway lights runway 18/36; medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30; runway end identifier lights runway 12; mals runway 18; approach lights (MALSR) runway 36; VASI runway 18; PAPI runways 12; 30; and 36 - the common traffic frequency. All PAPIs on durg daylight hours.
- Airport address
- City hall address
- Landing fee for all commercial operated aircraft.
- Due to runway and taxiway end elev differentials and aircraft height; pilots may lose line of sight of other aircraft on opposing runway and taxiway ends. All departure/arrival aircraft use the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 30 is calm wind runway.
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.