# Estherville Municipal Airport (EST / KEST)

**Estherville Municipal Airport** (IATA: EST, ICAO: KEST) is a small airport in Estherville, Iowa, United States. It opened in Aug 1942. It has 2 runways; the longest is 4,797 ft (1,462 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: EST / KEST
- FAA: EST
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Estherville, Iowa, United States
- Opened: Aug 1942
- Elevation: 1,319 ft / 402 m
- Coordinates: 43.4074, -94.7464
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 4,797 ft / 1,462 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estherville_Municipal_Airport (3 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35255150
- Weather station: KEST
- Ident: KEST

## Timeline

- Aug 1942: Estherville Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 4,797 ft / 1,462 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Concrete | 170° / 350° | yes |
| 06/24 | 2,989 ft / 911 m | 90 ft / 27 m | Grass | 073° / 253° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,797 ft / 1,462 m | =7,485 of 29,858 | =2,835 in North America | =2,331 in US |
| Elevation | 1,319 ft / 402 m | =13,633 of 43,403 | =5,886 in North America | =4,543 in US |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =924 in North America | =885 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ASOS | ASOS | 121.425 |
| CNTR | MINNEAPOLIS CNTR | 127.750 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

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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/kest/data