Spencer Municipal
SPW · KSPW · Spencer, Iowa · Clay County · map
Spencer Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Spencer, 3 miles northwest of Spencer, Iowa, 1,339 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 12/30, is 6,001 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 29 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 11,200 takeoffs and landings a year. About 6 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KSPW · observed 4:53 pm CDT (21:53 UTC), 59 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northwest (310°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 82°F (28°C), dew point 48°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 29.82 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 KSPW 062153Z AUTO 31007KT 10SM CLR 28/09 A2982 RMK AO2 SLP092 T02780089
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 SPW · ICAO KSPW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Spencer
- Elevation
- 1,339 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm; weekends, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- 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
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1942
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 6,001 × 100 ft | Concrete, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 5,100 × 75 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: ILS, VASI, four boxes on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 30: VASI, two boxes on the left, threshold displaced 490 ft, road 15 ft high 750 ft from the end
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 36: PAPI, four lights on the left, road 18 ft high 560 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Spw and automated weather (ASOS) | 126.625 | |
| Fairmont and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.75 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 712-262-8885.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 11,200, 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 Spencer from the FAA register
16 aircraft are registered to owners in Spencer, Iowa: 10 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 2 drones, 1 business jet. 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, 1 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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runways 12/30 and 18/36; approach lights (MALSR) runway 12; VASI runways 12 and 30; PAPI runways 18 and 36; runway end identifier lights runways 30; 18 and 36 - the common traffic frequency.
- Approach slope 50:1 from displaced threshold.
- Waterfowl in the vicinity of airport.
- Runway 12 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.