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KTZT · Belle Plaine Municipal Airport

ICAO · US · 1 NTSB events

ID KTZT FAA TZT Elev 771 ft Lat 41° 52.73' N Lon 92° 17.08' 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: 4,001 ft. Max gradient: 0.05%

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
18 171.5° 4,001 ft 75 ft Concrete Yes 0.05%
36 351.5° 4,001 ft 75 ft Concrete Yes 0.05%

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 · 2 frequencies

  • CTAF CTAF 122.800
  • A/D CEDAR RAPIDS APP/DEP 119.700

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

Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · 2 matched · 2 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 MIRL RY 18/36. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.
  • ·Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

Watch for

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MIRL RY 18/36. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    pcl ctaf

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    wildlife hazard

All translated remarks (2)

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MIRL RY 18/36. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    ACTVT MIRL RY 18/36 - CTAF

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    WILDLIFE ON AND BIRDS INVOF ARPT.

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (2 sentences)
  • ·TREES ON BOTH SIDES OF APCH TO RWY 36 PENETRATE THE RWY TRSNL SFC.
  • ·FOR CD CTC CHICAGO ARTCC AT 630-906-8921.

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

No

FAA Chart Supplement

NTSB events

1 NTSB-recorded event on file at this airport .

Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 3,000 ops in 2020

2024 total

3,000

10-yr total

25,000

2024 mix

AC/AT 0% · GA 100% · Mil 0%

Events / million ops

0.0

last 10 years

Fatal / million ops

0.00

approximate · 10-yr scaled

Last 10 years · n=0

No NTSB events at this field in the last decade.

All time · n=1

  • Controlled flight into terrain 1

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

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2007-07-02 Piper PA-36-285 · CFIT · VMC →

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
Adam Timothy Magee Swisher IA 26 nm
Cole Robert Norton Marion IA 33 nm
Janice Wray Walton Marion IA 33 nm
Timothy Newton Waterloo IA 37 nm
Shane Vande Voort Pella IA 40 nm
Harrison Mcnaughton Ames IA 60 nm
Thomas Paul Burns Muscatine IA 61 nm
Christopher David Schrodt Charles City IA 73 nm
Chris Alan Frazier Davenport IA 78 nm
Michael John Phillips Dubuque IA 79 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
John Arthur Tibben Victor IA 9 nm
Michael James Arnold Van Horne IA 12 nm
Nicholas Craig Bridgewater Van Horne IA 12 nm
Nathan Adam Smith South Amana IA 16 nm
Dennis Leroy Oliver Williamsburg IA 18 nm
Zachary George Miller Williamsburg IA 18 nm
Luke Joseph Gerst Amana IA 19 nm
Timothy James Busch Atkins IA 20 nm
John Leo Sloan Atkins IA 20 nm
Ronald Dean Lowry Grinnell IA 22 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
Richard James Sokol Belle Plaine IA 1 nm
Linn Ray Snell Elberon IA 8 nm
John Arthur Tibben Victor IA 9 nm
Marvin Milo Roshek Victor IA 9 nm
Jacob John Busch Blairstown IA 9 nm
Douglas Kent Hartman Marengo IA 11 nm
Chad Oliver Prior Brooklyn IA 11 nm
John Jeffrey Lee Delaney Newhall IA 16 nm
Jonathan David Harvey South Amana IA 16 nm
William Barry Thompson Norway IA 16 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
 53 nm
GreenWing Aviation & Welding Co.
Lacon, IL
 140 nm
Avionics Place, Inc
Rockford, IL
 144 nm
Aero-Fix LLC
Pekin, IL
 145 nm
Spencer Avionics, Inc.
Spencer, IA
 150 nm
Klem's Aero Repair
Jacksonville, IL
 157 nm
Mobile Avionics Technologies, Inc.
Lake In The Hills, IL
 178 nm
Higginsville Avionics, LLC.
Higginsville, MO
 180 nm
The Polished Hare
West Chicago, IL
 180 nm
Aircraft Propeller Service, LLC
Lake Zurich, IL
 189 nm

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