Oskaloosa Municipal
OOA · KOOA · Oskaloosa, Iowa · Mahaska County · map
Oskaloosa Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Oskaloosa, 9 miles southeast of Oskaloosa, Iowa, 840 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 4,012 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 22 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 6,250 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KOOA · observed 5:35 pm CDT (22:35 UTC), 17 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (200°) at 12 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 80°F (27°C), dew point 54°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 29.89 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 KOOA 062235Z AUTO 20012KT 10SM CLR 27/13 A2989 RMK AO2 T02670125
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 OOA · ICAO KOOA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Oskaloosa
- Elevation
- 840 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- May to September, Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm; October to April, Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; Saturday to Sunday, on 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
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1959
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 4,012 × 75 ft | Concrete, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 1,926 × 75 ft | Concrete, fair |
- Runway 13: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 31: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Ottumwa and center (remote transmitter) Low | 118.15 | |
| Ooa and aWOS-3 | 118.625 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 641-933-4312.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 6,250, 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 Oskaloosa from the FAA register
18 aircraft are registered to owners in Oskaloosa, Iowa: 11 piston singles, 3 drones, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 2 business jets. 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 · 2 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
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31; runway end identifier lights runway 13/31 - the common traffic frequency.
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.