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KPEA · Pella Municipal Airport

ICAO · US · 2 NTSB events

ID KPEA FAA PEA Elev 885 ft Lat 41° 24.01' N Lon 92° 56.75' W Zulu …

Live conditions

METAR

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Wind / Visibility

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Density altitude (now)

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Aerial view

No FAA diagram published

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA

Runways

2 runway ends on file. Longest: 5,403 ft. Max gradient: 0.28%

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
16 167° 5,403 ft 75 ft Concrete Yes 0.28%
34 347° 5,403 ft 75 ft Concrete Yes 0.28%

Lengths + headings: in-app airport database. Surface, width, lighting: OurAirports. Gradient: derived from FAA NASR runway-end elevations (NASR's RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of rows).

Communications · 3 frequencies

  • AWOS AWOS 3 118.875
  • A/D DES MOINES APP/DEP 123.900
  • UNIC CTAF/UNICOM 122.800

Live ATC audio (streaming + archived): Open KPEA on LiveATC ↗

Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · 1 matched · 6 not yet translated

Translations anchored to the FAA text; the raw FAA text is authoritative.

TL;DR

  • ·Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate PAPI RWY 16 & 34; REIL RWYS 16 & 34. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

Watch for

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate PAPI RWY 16 & 34; REIL RWYS 16 & 34. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    pcl ctaf

All translated remarks (1)

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate PAPI RWY 16 & 34; REIL RWYS 16 & 34. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    ACTVT PAPI RWY 16 & 34; REIL RWYS 16 & 34 - CTAF

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (6 sentences)
  • ·FOR CD CTC DES MOINES ATCT AT 515-974-8016.
  • ·EMAIL ADDRESS: [email protected] (ALL LOWER CASE) CELL PHONE 641-780-0244 AFTER HRS CALL 641-780-0244.
  • ·RWY 16 APCH SLP TO DTHR 22:1.
  • ·RWY 34 APCH SLP TO DTHR 21:1.
  • ·PRVDD EACH APCH IS MAINTD FOR MIN 20:1 GLIDE SLOPE AND TRSNL SFC MAINTD FOR 7:1 SLOPE.
  • ·ONLY APPLIES TO NON-TURBINE ACFT.

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

No

FAA Chart Supplement

NTSB events

2 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 14,214 ops in 1991

2024 total

12,250

10-yr total

136,100

2024 mix

AC/AT 0% · GA 100% · Mil 0%

Events / million ops

7.3

last 10 years

Fatal / million ops

0.00

approximate · 10-yr scaled

Last 10 years · n=1

  • Other 1

All time · n=2

  • Loss of control 1
  • Other 1

Categories rule-matched from NTSB findings and probable-cause text. "Other" = not enough agency text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2019-03-26 Cessna 172 · Other · VMC · day →
2013-05-12 Piper PA-22-160 · Loss of control · VMC · day →

Designees in IA

CFI Flight Instructors 595 A&P Mechanics 1,208 AME Medical Examiners (AME) 38 DME Mechanic Examiners (DME) 4 DAR-F Manufacturing Airworthiness (DAR-F) 5 DAR-T Maintenance Airworthiness (DAR-T) 2 DER-Y Engineering — Company (DER-Y) 2 DER-T Engineering — Consultant (DER-T) 1 SAE Specialty Aircraft Examiners (SAE) 29 ODA Organizational Designations 1 Schools Flight Schools 41 FBO Fixed Base Operators 46 Clubs Flying Clubs 13 Repair Repair / Maintenance Shops 3 EAA EAA Chapters 14

DPEs nearby

Distance is city-centroid to airport, a first cut, not the exam location.

Designee City ST Distance
Shane Vande Voort Pella IA 1 nm
Bill Joseph Clemons Truro IA 42 nm
Harrison Mcnaughton Ames IA 48 nm
Adam Timothy Magee Swisher IA 62 nm
Timothy Newton Waterloo IA 71 nm
Cole Robert Norton Marion IA 72 nm
Janice Wray Walton Marion IA 72 nm
Thomas Paul Burns Muscatine IA 85 nm
Martin Maxwell Cupp Brookfield MO 97 nm
Christopher David Schrodt Charles City IA 101 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs nearby

City-centroid distance; ratings as on the FAA certificate.

Instructor City ST Distance
Melvin Dean Dop Pella IA 1 nm
Ricky Lee Gritters Pella IA 1 nm
Shane Larrel Vande Voort Pella IA 1 nm
Jeffrey Lee Jorgenson Pella IA 1 nm
Nathan Aaron Anderson Pella IA 1 nm
Jeffrey Paul Bollard Pella IA 1 nm
Kyle David Shawver Knoxville IA 9 nm
Kruseman Matthew Hutchinson Knoxville IA 9 nm
Brady Dean Goodno Knoxville IA 9 nm
Gary Alfred Fewins Pleasantville IA 15 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics nearby

City-centroid distance. A = airframe, P = powerplant, IA = inspection authorization.

Mechanic City ST Distance
Ricky Lee Gritters Pella IA 1 nm
Shane Larrel Vande Voort Pella IA 1 nm
William Haven Hick Pella IA 1 nm
Lucas Henry Carlson Pella IA 1 nm
Clarence Lewis Hettinga Pella IA 1 nm
Anton Jay Hol Pella IA 1 nm
Ronald Carl Kramer Pella IA 1 nm
Charles Mark Mcdonough Pella IA 1 nm
Richard Muller Pella IA 1 nm
Jeffrey Allen Devries Pella IA 1 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations nearby

By airport location.

Shop Distance
McCandless Avionics, LC
Waverly, IA
 83 nm
Higginsville Avionics, LLC.
Higginsville, MO
 144 nm
Spencer Avionics, Inc.
Spencer, IA
 146 nm
Klem's Aero Repair
Jacksonville, IL
 158 nm
Aviation Institute of Maintenance - Kansas City
Kansas City, MO
 158 nm
Aero-Fix LLC
Pekin, IL
 158 nm
GreenWing Aviation & Welding Co.
Lacon, IL
 162 nm
West Maintenance
New Century, KS
 178 nm
Butler Avionics, Inc
New Century, KS
 178 nm
Avionics Place, Inc
Rockford, IL
 179 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.