Shenandoah Municipal
SDA · KSDA · Shenandoah, Iowa · Fremont County · map
Shenandoah Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Shenandoah, 3 miles southwest of Shenandoah, Iowa, 971 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 5,000 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 16 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 3,500 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KSDA · observed 5:35 pm CDT (22:35 UTC), 17 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (210°) at 12 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 84°F (29°C), dew point 57°F (14°C)
- Altimeter 29.84 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 KSDA 062235Z AUTO 21012KT 10SM CLR 29/14 A2984 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 SDA · ICAO KSDA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Shenandoah
- Elevation
- 971 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1946
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 5,000 × 75 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 12/30 | 3,439 × 75 ft | Concrete, good | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: PAPI, four lights on the left, brush 15 ft high 225 ft from the end
- Runway 22: PAPI, four lights on the left, brush 10 ft high 210 ft from the end
- Runway 12: trees 23 ft high 568 ft from the end
- Runway 30: VASI, four boxes on the left, trees 23 ft high 262 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.5 | |
| Sda and aWOS-3 | 125.525 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 712-246-4021.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 3,500, 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 Shenandoah from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Shenandoah, Iowa: 1 turboprop, 1 piston single, 1 drone. 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 · 4 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 04/22; PAPI runways 04 and 22; VASI runway 30; runway end identifier lights runways 04 and 22 - the common traffic frequency.
- 24 feet tree 30 feet from runway end 168 feet right on approach 1:1 approach slp.
- Access road 40 feet from runway end on runway centerline 1:1.
- 10 feet tree 10 feet from runway end 175 feet right on approach 1:1 approach slp.
- Runway 22 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.