FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 25 DECEMBER 2025
Location
| FAA Identifier: | PEA |
| Lat/Long: | 41-24-04.4000N 092-56-45.1000W
41-24.073333N 092-56.751667W
41.4012222,-92.9458611
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 884.8 ft. / 269.7 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 02E (2000) |
| From city: | 1 mile W of PELLA, IA |
| Time zone: | UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time) |
| Zip code: | 50219 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 01/1968 |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | MINNEAPOLIS CENTER |
| FSS: | FORT DODGE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
| NOTAMs facility: | PEA (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | MON-SAT 0700-DUSK, ALL SUN 0900-1700
AFTER HRS CALL 641-780-0244. |
| Pattern altitude: | 1700.8 ft. MSL
ONLY APPLIES TO NON-TURBINE ACFT. |
| Wind indicator: | lighted |
| Segmented circle: | no |
| Lights: | MIRL RWY 16/34 PRESET LOW INTST; TO INCREASE INTST AND ACTVT PAPI RWY 16 & 34; REIL RWYS 16 & 34 - CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport)
Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Airport Communications
| CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.8 |
| WX AWOS-3: | 118.875 (641-628-3459) |
| DES MOINES APPROACH: | 123.9 |
| DES MOINES DEPARTURE: | 123.9 |
| WX AWOS-3 at OXV (10 nm SW): | 119.775 (641-828-8406) |
| WX AWOS-3 at TNU (17 nm N): | 132.275 (641-791-3302) |
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| TNUr159/24.1 | | NEWTON VOR/DME | | 112.50 | | 03E |
| DSMr087/31.7 | | DES MOINES VORTAC | | 117.50 | | 07E |
Airport Services
| Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A |
| Parking: | hangars and tiedowns |
| Airframe service: | MAJOR |
| Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
Runway Information
Runway 16/34
| Dimensions: | 5403 x 75 ft. / 1647 x 23 m |
| Surface: | concrete, in fair condition |
| Weight bearing capacity: | | PCN 8 /R/D/W/T | | Single wheel: | 30.0 | | Double wheel: | 40.0 |
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| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 16 | | RUNWAY 34 |
| Latitude: | 41-24.507313N | | 41-23.639008N |
| Longitude: | 092-56.879908W | | 092-56.623452W |
| Elevation: | 884.8 ft. | | 869.6 ft. |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 165 magnetic, 167 true | | 345 magnetic, 347 true |
| Displaced threshold: | 200 ft. | | 201 ft. |
| Declared distances: | TORA:5400 TODA:5400 ASDA:5200 LDA:5000 | | TORA:5400 TODA:5400 ASDA:5200 LDA:5000 |
| Markings: | nonprecision, in fair condition | | nonprecision, in fair condition |
| Visual slope indicator: | 2-light PAPI on left (3.30 degrees glide path) | | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) |
| Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | yes |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
| Obstructions: | 32 ft. tree, 527 ft. from runway, 191 ft. left of centerline, 10:1 slope to clear
RWY 16 APCH SLP TO DTHR 22:1. | | 31 ft. trees, 474 ft. from runway, 188 ft. left of centerline, 8:1 slope to clear
RWY 34 APCH SLP TO DTHR 21:1. |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | CITY OF PELLA
717 MAIN
PELLA, IA 50219
Phone 641-628-4173 |
| Manager: | SHANE VANDEVOORT
501 WEST 15TH STREET
PELLA, IA 50219
Phone 641-628-9393
CELL PHONE 641-780-0244 |
Additional Remarks
| - | FOR CD CTC DES MOINES ATCT AT 515-974-8016. |
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 25 December 2025 at 0901z to 22 January 2026 at 0900z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| RNAV (GPS) RWY 16 | |
download (231KB) |
| RNAV (GPS) RWY 34 | |
download (205KB) |
| NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (146KB) |
| NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (158KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KOXV - Knoxville Municipal Airport (10 nm SW)
KTNU - Newton Municipal Airport-Earl Johnson Field (17 nm N)
KGGI - Grinnell Regional Airport (21 nm NE)
KOOA - Oskaloosa Municipal Airport (23 nm SE)
4C8 - Albia Municipal Airport (26 nm S)
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| Aerial photo |
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 28-Dec-2025
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(UTC-6) | | Zulu
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| Morning civil twilight | | 07:07 | | 13:07 |
| Sunrise | | 07:38 | | 13:38 |
| Sunset | | 16:48 | | 22:48 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 17:20 | | 23:20 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 28-Dec-2025 08:45:29 |
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| Local (UTC-6) | 28-Dec-2025 02:45:29 |
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| METAR |
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| KPEA | 280835Z AUTO 05004KT 1/2SM FG OVC002 08/ A2965 RMK AO2 T0079////
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KOXV
10nm SW | 280835Z AUTO 05006KT M1/4SM FG OVC002 08/08 A2964 RMK AO2
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KTNU
16nm N | 280835Z AUTO 08006KT M1/4SM FG OVC002 07/07 A2965 RMK A01
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| TAF |
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KOTM
29nm SE | 280530Z 2806/2906 14005KT 1/4SM FG OVC002 PROB30 2807/2812 1/4SM -RA FM281200 18006KT 1/4SM RA FG BKN002 FM281600 32014KT 1/4SM RA FG BKN002 FM281730 32018KT 1 1/2SM RA BR OVC004 FM281900 32022G37KT 1 1/2SM -RASN BR OVC004 FM282100 31025G40KT P6SM BKN003 PROB30 2821/2903 4SM -SN OVC002
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KDSM
33nm W | 280530Z 2806/2906 VRB03KT 1/4SM FG OVC002 PROB30 2811/2813 1/4SM -RA FM281300 33009KT 1/4SM -RA FG OVC002 FM281500 33016G25KT 1SM -RA BR OVC003 FM281700 33020G32KT 1SM -SNPL BR OVC005 FM281800 32022G35KT 1/2SM -SN BLSN OVC005 FM282100 31024G40KT P6SM OVC008 PROB30 2821/2901 4SM -SN OVC005
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