Storm Lake Municipal
SLB · KSLB · Storm Lake, Iowa · Buena Vista County · map
Storm Lake Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Storm Lake, 3 miles southwest of Storm Lake, Iowa, 1,488 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 5,002 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100 octane avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KSLB · observed 2:35 pm CDT (19:35 UTC), 20 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-southwest (240°) at 9 knots, gusting to 15
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 81°F (27°C), dew point 54°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 29.86 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 KSLB 061935Z AUTO 24009G15KT 10SM CLR 27/12 A2986 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 SLB · ICAO KSLB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Storm Lake
- Elevation
- 1,488 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- JUNE to SEPT, Monday to Saturday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; October to May, Monday to Saturday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100 octane avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1946
Runways 3
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 5,002 × 75 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 3,034 × 50 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 06/24 | 1,962 × 95 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 35: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 13: threshold displaced 165 ft, road 24 ft high 460 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Slb and aWOS-3 | 118.525 | |
| Fort Dodge Center (remote transmitter) Low | 134.0 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 712-732-2301.
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 Storm Lake from the FAA register
27 aircraft are registered to owners in Storm Lake, Iowa: 22 piston singles, 4 turboprops, 1 balloon. 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 · 5 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
- Provided approach to each runway clear for a 20:1 glide slope and mntn a clear trsnl surface for a 7:1 slope.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 and runway 17/35 and runway end identifier lights runway 17 and 35- the common traffic frequency. PAPI runways 17 and 35 oper continuously.
- 06/24 marked with yellow cones.
- Approach ratio from displaced threshold 26:1.
- Closed winter months nov through mar.
- Runway 35 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.