FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 10 JULY 2025
Location
| FAA Identifier: | FSW |
| Lat/Long: | 40-39-32.8000N 091-19-39.9000W
40-39.546667N 091-19.665000W
40.6591111,-91.3277500
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 721.8 ft. / 220.0 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 00W (2010) |
| From city: | 2 miles N of FORT MADISON, IA |
| Time zone: | UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time) |
| Zip code: | 52627 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 03/1959 |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | CHICAGO CENTER |
| FSS: | FORT DODGE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
| NOTAMs facility: | FSW (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | MON-SUN ON CALL
FOR ARPT ATTENDANCE CALL 319-316-2234 (CELL). |
| Wind indicator: | lighted |
| Segmented circle: | no |
| Lights: | ACTVT MIRL RY 17/35 & REIL RY 35 & PAPI RY 35 - CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport)
Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Airport Communications
| CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.8 |
| WX AWOS-3: | 120.925 (319-372-5147) |
| WX ASOS at BRL (12 nm NE): | 118.025 (319-752-6246) |
| WX AWOS-3 at EOK (13 nm S): | 118.375 (319-524-7884) |
| WX AWOS-3 at MPZ (19 nm NW): | 119.325 (319-385-4926) |
- APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY CHICAGO ARTCC ON FREQS 135.6/316.1 (BURLINGTON RCAG).
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| BRLr253/18.7 | | BURLINGTON VOR/DME | | 111.40 | | 05E |
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
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| BURNS | | 271/9.3 | | 390 | | 01E | | BR | -... .-. |
| MACOMB | | 283/36.0 | | 251 | | 01E | | JZY | .--- --.. -.-- |
Airport Services
| Fuel available: | 100LL
100LL:SELF SERVE WITH CREDIT CARD. |
| Parking: | hangars and tiedowns |
| Airframe service: | NONE |
| Powerplant service: | NONE |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 17/35
| Dimensions: | 4000 x 75 ft. / 1219 x 23 m |
| Surface: | concrete/wired/combed, in good condition |
| Weight bearing capacity: | | PCN 9 /R/C/W/U | | Single wheel: | 19.0 | | Double wheel: | 25.0 |
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| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 17 | | RUNWAY 35 |
| Latitude: | 40-39.866987N | | 40-39.225467N |
| Longitude: | 091-19.762823W | | 091-19.566015W |
| Elevation: | 713.0 ft. | | 715.2 ft. |
| Traffic pattern: | right | | left |
| Runway heading: | 167 magnetic, 167 true | | 347 magnetic, 347 true |
| Markings: | nonprecision, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
| Visual slope indicator: | | | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
RWY 35 PAPI UNUSBL BYD 6 DEGS LEFT OF CNTRLN AND BYD 8 DEGS RIGHT OF CNTRLN. |
| Runway end identifier lights: | | | yes |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
| Obstructions: | 40 ft. trees, 1100 ft. from runway, 225 ft. right of centerline, 22:1 slope to clear | | 13 ft. trees, 400 ft. from runway, 15:1 slope to clear
+33 FT TREES 1000 FT L/R. |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | CITY OF FORT MADISON
AVE E & 8 TH
FORT MADISON, IA 52627
Phone 319-372-7700
JOSH DENNING CHMN ARPT CMSN; CALL 319-470-0066. LAURA LEIGOS, CITY MANAGER - 319-372-7700 EXT 203 |
| Manager: | TIM BINGHAM
50 ARPT RD.
FORT MADISON, IA 52627
Phone 319-372-1138 |
Additional Remarks
| - | TWY LGTS AT ENTRANCE ONLY. |
| - | 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 10 July 2025 at 0901Z to 07 August 2025 at 0900z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| RNAV (GPS) RWY 17 **CHANGED** | |
download (265KB) |
| RNAV (GPS) RWY 35 **CHANGED** | |
download (293KB) |
| VOR-A **NEW** | |
download (184KB) |
| NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply **CHANGED** | |
download (145KB) |
| NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (158KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KBRL - Southeast Iowa Regional Airport (12 nm NE)
KEOK - Keokuk Municipal Airport (13 nm S)
KMPZ - Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport (19 nm NW)
KMQB - Macomb Municipal Airport (32 nm E)
C66 - Monmouth Municipal Airport (36 nm NE)
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| Aerial photo |
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WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by Kimberly Dibble
Photo taken 15-Apr-2010
looking southwest.
Do you have a better or more recent aerial photo of Fort Madison Municipal Airport that you would like to share? If so, please send us your photo.
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 25-Jul-2025
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| Morning civil twilight | | 05:25 | | 10:25 |
| Sunrise | | 05:57 | | 10:57 |
| Sunset | | 20:27 | | 01:27 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 20:58 | | 01:58 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 25-Jul-2025 06:58:22 |
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| Local (UTC-5) | 25-Jul-2025 01:58:22 |
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| METAR |
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| KFSW | 250635Z AUTO 27002KT 9SM -RA SCT055 SCT075 BKN110 22/22 A3002 RMK AO2
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KBRL
11nm NE | 250616Z AUTO 30005KT 3SM TSRA BR FEW006 BKN038 OVC075 23/23 A3002 RMK AO2 TSE0559B03 P0015 T02280228 $
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KMPZ
19nm NW | 250635Z AUTO 18006KT 10SM SCT005 SCT011 OVC024 23/22 A3003 RMK AO2
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KBRL
11nm NE | 250520Z 2506/2606 VRB04KT 6SM -SHRA BKN060 TEMPO 2506/2510 2SM TSRA BR OVC025CB FM251000 VRB05KT 6SM -SHRA BKN040 FM251400 VRB03KT P6SM BKN020 FM251900 VRB03KT P6SM BKN035 PROB30 2519/2524 4SM -TSRA BKN025CB
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| NOTAMs |
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NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
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