Monticello Regional
MXO · KMXO · Monticello, Iowa · Jones County · map
Monticello Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Monticello, 2 miles southeast of Monticello, Iowa, 833 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 15/33, is 4,400 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MXO · ICAO KMXO
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Monticello
- Elevation
- 833 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:30 am to 6:30 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
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1964
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 4,400 × 75 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 09/27 | 2,300 × 90 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 15: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 61 ft high 1,601 ft from the end
- Runway 33: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 97 ft high 3,000 ft from the end
- Runway 09: trees 23 ft high 429 ft from the end
- Runway 27: road 23 ft high 513 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 134.05 | |
| Mxo and aWOS-3 | 119.275 | |
| Cedar Rapids Center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.8 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 319-465-6155.
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 Monticello from the FAA register
15 aircraft are registered to owners in Monticello, Iowa: 9 piston singles, 5 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 · 5 since 1982, 1 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
- Maintain clear approach to each runway for a 20:1 glide slope and clear transitional surfaces for a 7:1 slope.
- Runway 33 is calm wind runway.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33; runway end identifier lights and PAPI runways 15 and 33- the common traffic frequency.
- 24 hour self service fuel.
- Runway closed dec 1 through apr 1.
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.