James G Whiting Memorial Field
MEY · KMEY · Mapleton, Iowa · Monona County · map
James G Whiting Memorial Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Mapleton, 1 mile north of Mapleton, Iowa, 1,116 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 2,801 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100 octane avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MEY · ICAO KMEY
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Mapleton
- Elevation
- 1,116 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
- 100 octane avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1967
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 2,801 × 60 ft | Concrete, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 02: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 36 ft high 1,014 ft from the end
- Runway 20: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.6 | |
| Omaha and center (remote transmitter) Low | 119.6 |
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Mapleton from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Mapleton, Iowa: 1 piston single, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
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
- Runway 20 is calm wind runway.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 20; PAPI runway 02 and 20; medium-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 20 PAPI unusable beyond 7 degreess left of centerline.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.