Mount Pleasant Municipal
MPZ · KMPZ · Mount Pleasant, Iowa · Henry County · map
Mount Pleasant Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Mt Pleasant, 3 miles southeast of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, 731 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 15/33, is 4,001 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KMPZ · observed 3:15 pm CDT (20:15 UTC), 20 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (210°) at 12 knots, gusting to 17
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 79°F (26°C), dew point 46°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 29.93 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 KMPZ 062015Z AUTO 21012G17KT 10SM CLR 26/08 A2993 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 MPZ · ICAO KMPZ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Mt Pleasant
- Elevation
- 731 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; weekends, on to call
- 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
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1945
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 4,001 × 75 ft | Concrete, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 03/21 | 1,967 × 120 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 15: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 17 ft high 589 ft from the end
- Runway 33: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, fence 4 ft high 295 ft from the end
- Runway 03: road 15 ft high 670 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| Mpz and aWOS-3 | 119.325 | |
| Burlington and center (remote transmitter) Low | 135.6 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 319-385-4926.
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 Mount Pleasant from the FAA register
18 aircraft are registered to owners in Mount Pleasant, Iowa: 10 piston singles, 6 drones, 2 piston twins. 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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided visual indicators per AC 150/5340-5 are used and if nighttime operations are conducted/planned, floodlighting of segmented circle necessary.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 15 and 33 only when medium-intensity runway lights opnl; PAPI runway 15 and 33; medium-intensity runway lights 15/33 - the common traffic frequency.
- 03/21 corners and edges marked by yellow cones.
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.