AirNav: 8C4 - Mathews Memorial Airport

8C4

Mathews Memorial Airport
Tipton, Iowa, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 19 FEBRUARY 2026

Location

FAA Identifier:	8C4
Lat/Long:	41-45-48.0750N 091-09-10.5690W 41-45.801250N 091-09.176150W 41.7633542,-91.1529358 (estimated)
Elevation:	840 ft. / 256 m (estimated)
Variation:	02E (1985)
From city:	2 miles SW of TIPTON, IA
Time zone:	UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code:	52772

Airport Operations

Airport use:	Open to the public
Activation date:	08/1969
Control tower:	no
ARTCC:	CHICAGO CENTER
FSS:	FORT DODGE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility:	FOD (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance:	UNATNDD
Wind indicator:	lighted
Segmented circle:	no
Lights:	SS-SR

Airport Communications

CTAF:	122.9
CEDAR RAPIDS APPROACH:	119.7 [0600-2130]
CEDAR RAPIDS DEPARTURE:	119.7 [0600-2130]
WX ASOS at IOW (19 nm SW):	128.075 (319-339-9491)

APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY CHICAGO ARTCC ON FREQS 132.8/328.4 (CEDAR RAPIDS RCAG) WHEN CEDAR RAPIDS APCH CTL CLSD.

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance	VOR name	Freq	Var
IOWr050/25.3	IOWA CITY VOR/DME	116.20	05E
CIDr100/29.3	CEDAR RAPIDS VOR/DME	114.10	05E
CVAr272/30.2	DAVENPORT VORTAC	113.80	04E
MZVr314/35.2	MOLINE VOR/DME	114.40	05E

Airport Services

Fuel available:	100LL
Parking:	tiedowns
Airframe service:	NONE
Powerplant service:	NONE
Bottled oxygen:	NONE
Bulk oxygen:	NONE

Runway Information

Runway 11/29

Dimensions:

3000 x 60 ft. / 914 x 18 m

Surface:

concrete, in fair condition

Weight bearing capacity:

PCN 6 /R/C/W/U

Runway edge lights:

medium intensity

RUNWAY 11

RUNWAY 29

Latitude:

41-45.887167N

41-45.715500N

Longitude:

091-09.485500W

091-08.866833W

Elevation:

840.0 ft.

Traffic pattern:

left

Runway heading:

108 magnetic, 110 true

288 magnetic, 290 true

Markings:

basic, in fair condition

Runway end identifier lights:

yes

Touchdown point:

yes, no lights

Obstructions:

none

20 ft. road, 450 ft. from runway, 150 ft. right of centerline, 12:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership:	Publicly-owned
Owner:	CITY OF TIPTON 407 LYNN ST. TIPTON, IA 52772 Phone 563-886-6187 BRIAN WAGNER - CITY ADMINISTRATOR.
Manager:	MAX COPPESS 303 2ND AVENUE STANWOOD, IA 52337 Phone 563-212-3308 OR 563-886-6187

Additional Remarks

-	RY 29 IS CALM WIND RY.
-	DEER AND WATERFOWL ON AND INVOF OF ARPT.
-	FOR CD CTC CHICAGO ARTCC AT 630-906-8921.

Instrument Procedures

NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.

NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use from 19 February 2026 at 0901Z to 19 March 2026 at 0900Z.

IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 11		download (176KB)
VOR RWY 11		download (187KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply		download (421KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KIOW - Iowa City Municipal Airport (19 nm SW)
C17 - Marion Airport (23 nm NW)
KMUT - Muscatine Municipal Airport (24 nm S)
KOQW - Maquoketa Municipal Airport (25 nm NE)
KCID - The Eastern Iowa Airport (26 nm W)

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Area around 8C4 (Mathews Memorial Airport)

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Sunrise and sunset

Times for 14-Mar-2026

	Local (UTC-5)	Zulu (UTC)
Morning civil twilight	06:51	11:51
Sunrise	07:19	12:19
Sunset	19:09	00:09
Evening civil twilight	19:36	00:36

Current date and time

Zulu (UTC)	15-Mar-2026 01:29:14
Local (UTC-5)	14-Mar-2026 20:29:14

METAR

KIOW 19nm SW	150052Z AUTO 09011G18KT 10SM CLR 06/M03 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP116 T00611028
KMUT 24nm S	150115Z AUTO 10014G23KT 10SM CLR 06/M02 A2985 RMK A01
KCID 26nm W	150052Z 10019G26KT 10SM CLR 04/M03 A2984 RMK AO2 PK WND 11030/2355 SLP110 T00391028
KDVN 27nm E	150052Z AUTO 09016G24KT CLR 03/M03 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP125 T00281028 $
KMXO 27nm N	150115Z AUTO 10017G24KT 10SM OVC060 02/M02 A2987 RMK AO2
KMLI 34nm SE	150052Z 09014KT 10SM CLR 04/M03 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP127 T00391033
KCWI 38nm E	150056Z AUTO 10020KT 10SM CLR 02/M03 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP145 T00171028 FZRANO
KAWG 38nm SW	150115Z AUTO 10014KT 10SM CLR 07/M00 A2980 RMK AO2

TAF

KCID
26nm W

141741Z 1418/1518 12012KT P6SM BKN100 FM151200 16015G25KT P6SM -SHRA BKN016 FM151500 17015G23KT 3SM SHRA OVC008

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Mathews Memorial Airport

563-886-3559

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	100LL
SS		$5.40
Updated 12-Mar-2026

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SS=Self service

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