Red Oak Municipal
RDK · KRDK · Red Oak, Iowa · Montgomery County · map
Red Oak Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Red Oak, 2 miles west of Red Oak, Iowa, 1,045 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 5,100 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now KRDK · observed 3:15 pm CDT (20:15 UTC), 23 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (200°) at 12 knots, gusting to 18
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 84°F (29°C), dew point 57°F (14°C)
- Altimeter 29.87 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 KRDK 062015Z AUTO 20012G18KT 10SM CLR 29/14 A2987 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 RDK · ICAO KRDK
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Red Oak
- Elevation
- 1,045 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1941
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 5,100 × 75 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 17/35 | 2,901 × 60 ft | Concrete, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 2,050 × 210 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 05: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 1,000 ft, rr 60 ft high 1,752 ft from the end
- Runway 23: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 76 ft high 1,796 ft from the end
- Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 23 ft high 680 ft from the end
- Runway 35: PAPI, two lights on the left, power line 44 ft high 1,124 ft from the end
- Runway 13: road 27 ft high 900 ft from the end
- Runway 31: pole 51 ft high 1,210 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.5 | |
| Rdk and aWOS-3P | 123.925 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 712-623-3220.
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 Red Oak from the FAA register
25 aircraft are registered to owners in Red Oak, Iowa: 18 piston singles, 7 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
- Ultralights on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 05, 17, 23 and 35; PAPI runway 05, 17, 23 and 35; medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 and 05/23 - the common traffic frequency.
- Nick hildreth
- Runway 23 calm wind runway.
- Not mntnd NOV-APR.
- +44 feet pwr poles 1650 feet from threshold.
- Yellow cones.
- 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.