AMW

Ames Municipal Airport

ICAO KAMW41.9920°N 93.6218°W956 ft / 291 mSmall airport
On the map

Ames Municipal Airport (IATA: AMW, ICAO: KAMW) is a small airport in Ames, Iowa, United States. It opened in Aug 1943. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,701 ft (1,738 m).

Timeline

1 event · 1943–1943
AUG 1943
OpenedAmes Municipal Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Ames Municipal Airport Terminal
01/19017° / 197° · LIT
LENGTH5,701 ft1,738 mWIDTH100 ft31 mSURFACEAsphalt
13/31136° / 316° · LIT
LENGTH3,491 ft1,064 mWIDTH75 ft23 mSURFACEConcrete

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway5,701 ft1,738 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=5,126of 29,823 · =1,526 North America · =1,201 USElevation956 ft291 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#18,448of 43,341 · #8,312 North America · #6,689 USAgeOpened 19432026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,016of 15,079 · =1,078 North America · =1,034 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

4 channels
A/DDES MOINES APP/DEP123.900
ASOSASOS132.025
CLDCLNC DEL126.000
UNICCTAF/UNICOM122.700