# Ames Municipal Airport (AMW / KAMW)

**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).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kamw

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: AMW / KAMW
- FAA: AMW
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Ames, Iowa, United States
- Opened: Aug 1943
- Elevation: 956 ft / 291 m
- Coordinates: 41.9920, -93.6218
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 5,701 ft / 1,738 m
- Instrument procedures: 5 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ames_Municipal_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4745882
- Weather station: KAMW
- Ident: KAMW

## Timeline

- Aug 1943: Ames Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 5,701 ft / 1,738 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 017° / 197° | yes |
| 13/31 | 3,491 ft / 1,064 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Concrete | 136° / 316° | yes |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,701 ft / 1,738 m | =5,127 of 29,858 | =1,526 in North America | =1,201 in US |
| Elevation | 956 ft / 291 m | #18,465 of 43,403 | #8,316 in North America | #6,693 in US |
| Age | Opened 1943 | =2,016 of 15,079 | =1,078 in North America | =1,034 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | DES MOINES APP/DEP | 123.900 |
| ASOS | ASOS | 132.025 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 126.000 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.700 |

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- [93IA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/93ia.md) Lund Airport · 19 mi / 30 km
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## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kamw/data