# Fort Dodge Regional Airport (FOD / KFOD)

**Fort Dodge Regional Airport** (IATA: FOD, ICAO: KFOD) is a medium airport in Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States. It opened in Oct 1952. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,547 ft (1,996 m). In 2025 it handled 18 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: FOD / KFOD
- FAA: FOD
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States
- Opened: Oct 1952
- Elevation: 1,156 ft / 352 m
- Coordinates: 42.5526, -94.1912
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 6,547 ft / 1,996 m
- Instrument procedures: 5 approaches
- Passengers: 17,659 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: https://www.fortdodgeiowa.org/department/?fDD=5-0
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Dodge_Regional_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8564727
- Weather station: KFOD · WMO 72549
- Ident: KFOD

## Timeline

- Oct 1952: Fort Dodge Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 6,547 ft / 1,996 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 065° / 245° | yes |
| 12/30 | 5,301 ft / 1,616 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 127° / 307° | yes |

- 06/24 slopes 1.2%: threshold 06 at 1,079 ft / 329 m, threshold 24 at 1,156 ft / 352 m.
- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00976AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 10,372 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 15,286 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 14,377 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 16,230 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 16,075 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 7,465 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 14,249 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 15,435 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 24,073 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 22,814 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 17,659 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 324 mi / 521 km · United Express

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from FOD, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- UA [United Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-express) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 18K (2025) | #2,496 of 3,974 | #590 in North America | #407 in US |
| Longest runway | 6,547 ft / 1,996 m | #4,025 of 29,858 | #976 in North America | #738 in US |
| Elevation | 1,156 ft / 352 m | #15,547 of 43,403 | #6,790 in North America | #5,342 in US |
| Age | Opened 1952 | =3,844 of 15,079 | =2,673 in North America | =2,612 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 118.775 |
| CNTR | MINNEAPOLIS CNTR | 134.000 |
| RDO | RDO | 122.300 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [MCW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmcw.md) Mason City Municipal Airport · 61 mi / 97 km
- [DSM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdsm.md) Des Moines International Airport · 76 mi / 122 km
- [CCY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kccy.md) Northeast Iowa Regional Airport · 88 mi / 141 km
- [ALO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kalo.md) Waterloo Regional Airport · 91 mi / 147 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [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)
- [Wikipedia: “Fort Dodge Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fort_Dodge_Regional_Airport&oldid=1367098002), revision of 1 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/kfod/data