Belle Plaine Municipal
TZT · KTZT · Belle Plaine, Iowa · Benton County · map
Belle Plaine Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Belle Plaine, 1 mile southwest of Belle Plaine, Iowa, 771 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 4,001 feet of concrete.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA TZT · ICAO KTZT
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Belle Plaine
- Elevation
- 771 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1992
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 4,001 × 75 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: tree 41 ft high 955 ft from the end
- Runway 36: tree 80 ft high 2,589 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency. |
| Approach and departure | 119.7 | |
| Cedar Rapids Center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.8 |
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Aircraft registered in Belle Plaine from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Belle Plaine, Iowa: 2 piston singles, 1 turboprop. 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 · 1 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
- Determination pending.
- Trees on both sides of approach to runway 36 penetrate the runway trsnl surface.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- Wildlife on and birds in the vicinity of airport.
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.