# Fort Madison Municipal Airport (FMS / KFSW)

**Fort Madison Municipal Airport** (IATA: FMS, ICAO: KFSW) is a small airport in Fort Madison, Iowa, United States. It opened in Mar 1959. It has one runway, 4,000 ft (1,219 m) long, concrete.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: FMS / KFSW
- FAA: FSW
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Fort Madison, Iowa, United States
- Opened: Mar 1959
- Elevation: 722 ft / 220 m
- Coordinates: 40.6591, -91.3278
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,000 ft / 1,219 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34965408
- Weather station: KFSW
- Ident: KFSW

## Timeline

- Mar 1959: Fort Madison Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 4,000 ft / 1,219 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Concrete | 167° / 347° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,000 ft / 1,219 m | =9,646 of 29,858 | =3,829 in North America | =3,211 in US |
| Elevation | 722 ft / 220 m | #22,981 of 43,403 | #10,905 in North America | #9,006 in US |
| Age | Opened 1959 | =4,466 of 15,079 | =3,045 in North America | =2,970 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 120.925 |
| CNTR | CHICAGO CNTR | 135.600 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

## Nearby airports

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- [69IS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/69is.md) Sinele's Sunset Strip · 5.8 mi / 9.4 km
- [9IS0](https://dromopedia.com/airports/9is0.md) Cedar Ridge Airport · 8.0 mi / 13 km
- [IS66](https://dromopedia.com/airports/is66.md) Rhea Restricted Landing Area · 8.1 mi / 13 km
- [06IS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/06is.md) Sinele Strip · 8.3 mi / 13 km
- [4IA4](https://dromopedia.com/airports/4ia4.md) Mccoy Airport · 11 mi / 18 km

## 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/kfsw/data