Maquoketa Municipal
OQW · KOQW · Maquoketa, Iowa · Jackson County · map
Maquoketa Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Maquoketa, 3 miles west of Maquoketa, Iowa, 774 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 3,804 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA OQW · ICAO KOQW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Maquoketa
- Elevation
- 774 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
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1958
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 3,804 × 60 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 68 ft high 1,878 ft from the end
- Runway 33: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 115 ft high 2,540 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.725 | |
| Dubuque and center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.95 |
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 Maquoketa from the FAA register
13 aircraft are registered to owners in Maquoketa, Iowa: 11 piston singles, 2 drones. 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 · 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
- Ultralight actvty on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 15 and 33; PAPI runways 15 and 33; medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 - the common traffic frequency.
- SELF-SERVE fuel available 24 hour with credit card.
- Runway 15 PAPI unusable beyond 8 degrees right of centerline.
- Runway 33 PAPI unusable beyond 8 degrees right of centerline.
- Runway 33 is calm wind runway.
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.