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8C6 Traer Municipal Airport
Traer, Iowa, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 07 AUGUST 2025

Location

FAA Identifier: 8C6
Lat/Long: 42-12-03.0000N 092-27-23.9000W
42-12.050000N 092-27.398333W
42.2008333,-92.4566389
(estimated)
Elevation: 892 ft. / 272 m (estimated)
Variation: 03E (1985)
From city: 1 mile NE of TRAER, IA
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 50675

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 05/1961
Control tower: no
ARTCC: MINNEAPOLIS 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
WX AWOS-3 at VTI (19 nm E): 120.075 (319-472-3122)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
ALOr187/21.5WATERLOO VOR/DME112.2000E
CIDr297/35.3CEDAR RAPIDS VOR/DME114.1005E
TNUr046/38.4NEWTON VOR/DME112.5003E

Airport Services

Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 17/35

Dimensions: 2555 x 100 ft. / 779 x 30 m
Surface: turf, in good condition
Runway edge lights: low intensity
Runway edge markings: 17/35 MARKED WITH YELLOW CONES.
RUNWAY 17  RUNWAY 35
Latitude: 42-12.260862N42-11.840165N
Longitude: 092-27.393860W092-27.404377W
Elevation: 884.0 ft.891.0 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftright
Runway heading: 178 magnetic, 181 true358 magnetic, 001 true
Obstructions: 70 ft. trees, 806 ft. from runway, 176 ft. left of centerline, 11:1 slope to clear80 ft. tree, 1689 ft. from runway, 210 ft. right of centerline, 21:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF TRAER
649 2ND ST
TRAER, IA 50675
Phone (319) 478-2580
Manager: PETE HOLDON
649 2ND STREET
TRAER, IA 50675
Phone (319) 478-2580

Additional Remarks

- SNOW RMVL DELAYED AT TIMES; CONFIRM RY COND PRIOR TO USE - CALL 319-478-2580
- TURF RY SOFT DURING SPRING THAW.
- PARALLEL TWY IS MKD AND LGTD ALONG EAST EDGE.
- MOGAS AND 100LL FUEL AVBL FOR EMERG ONLY; CALL 319-476-4353.
- FOR CD CTC WATERLOO APCH 319-233-4835. WHEN WATERLOO APCH CLSD, FOR CD CTC MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC AT 651-463-5588.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 8C6.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KVTI - Vinton Veterans Memorial Airpark (19 nm E)
KTZT - Belle Plaine Municipal Airport (21 nm S)
KMIW - Marshalltown Municipal Airport (21 nm W)
KALO - Waterloo Regional Airport (22 nm N)
KIIB - James H Connell Field at Independence Municipal Airport (27 nm NE)
  
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 10-Aug-2025
 Local
(UTC-5)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:4210:42
Sunrise06:1311:13
Sunset20:1701:17
Evening civil twilight20:4801:48

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  10-Aug-2025 09:35:46
Local (UTC-5)  10-Aug-2025 04:35:46
 
METAR
KVTI 
19nm E 		100915Z AUTO 17006KT 10SM SCT075 24/24 A2990 RMK AO2 T02430238
KMIW 
21nm W 		100922Z AUTO 12003KT 8SM VCTS -RA BKN050 22/21 A2990 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT ALQDS RAB13 P0002 T02220206
KALO 
21nm N 		100901Z AUTO 21003KT 6SM -TSRA BR SCT027 BKN070 BKN100 22/22 A2989 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT ALQDS PRESFR P0005 T02220217
KIIB 
27nm NE 		100915Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM -RA BR BKN055 BKN085 24/24 A2993 RMK AO2 T02410237
KGGI 
32nm SW 		100915Z AUTO 15007KT 22/22 A2992 RMK AO2 T02240216 PWINO
KOLZ 
35nm NE 		100915Z AUTO 28006KT 3SM BR SCT002 BKN007 OVC034 23/22 A2992 RMK A01
KCID 
38nm SE 		100906Z AUTO 18008G17KT 9SM 24/23 A2990 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E-S T02440228
TAF
KALO 
21nm N 		100533Z 1006/1106 16004KT P6SM SCT050 FM100900 16005KT 5SM -TSRA BR SCT015 OVC030CB FM101200 16007KT P6SM -SHRA BKN012 OVC050 FM101700 18006KT P6SM BKN015 FM102100 27004KT P6SM SCT030
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