Belmond Municipal
Y48 · Belmond, Iowa · Wright County · map
Belmond Municipal is a public-use airport, 1 mile east of Belmond, Iowa, 1,201 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 3,245 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA Y48
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 1,201 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
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1969
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 3,245 × 95 ft | Grass, fair | Non-standard lights |
- Runway 35: tree 35 ft high 609 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | · Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency. |
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Aircraft registered in Belmond from the FAA register
10 aircraft are registered to owners in Belmond, Iowa: 5 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 1 helicopter, 1 drone, 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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 17/35 non-standard low-intensity runway lights; lights mounted on nonfrangible stakes.
- Runway 17/35 marked with yellow cones.
- Ground drops off 25 feet from runway 17 end.
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.