Oelwein Municipal
OLZ · KOLZ · Oelwein, Iowa · Fayette County · map
Oelwein Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Oelwein, 3 miles west of Oelwein, Iowa, 1,076 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 4,000 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 16 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 4,250 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KOLZ · observed 6:15 pm CDT (23:15 UTC), 16 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (210°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 75°F (24°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 29.83 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 KOLZ 062315Z AUTO 21007KT 10SM CLR 24/13 A2983 RMK A01
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 OLZ · ICAO KOLZ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Oelwein
- Elevation
- 1,076 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- 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
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1946
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 4,000 × 75 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 1,822 × 85 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 13: road 17 ft high 480 ft from the end
- Runway 18: road 10 ft high 390 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure · Waterloo and center (remote transmitter) Low | 118.9 | |
| Olz and aWOS-3 | 119.675 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 319-283-3518.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 4,250, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
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 Oelwein from the FAA register
4 aircraft are registered to owners in Oelwein, Iowa: 3 piston singles, 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.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Iowa.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 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 18/36 closed aft fst snwfl.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 and runway end identifier lights runway 13/31 the common traffic frequency.
- And 36 thlds and edges marked with yellow cones.
- Agricultural operations drg summer months
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.