# Forest City Municipal Airport (FXY / KFXY)

**Forest City Municipal Airport** (IATA: FXY, ICAO: KFXY) is a small airport in Forest City, Iowa, United States. It opened in Dec 1958. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,796 ft (1,767 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: FXY / KFXY
- FAA: FXY
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Forest City, Iowa, United States
- Opened: Dec 1958
- Elevation: 1,229 ft / 375 m
- Coordinates: 43.2347, -93.6241
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 5,796 ft / 1,767 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.cityofforestcity.com/departments/airport.asp
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_City_Municipal_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5468824
- Weather station: KFXY
- Ident: KFXY

## Timeline

- Dec 1958: Forest City Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 5,796 ft / 1,767 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 155° / 335° | yes |
| 09/27 | 2,707 ft / 825 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Asphalt | 095° / 275° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,796 ft / 1,767 m | #5,035 of 29,858 | #1,498 in North America | #1,176 in US |
| Elevation | 1,229 ft / 375 m | #14,672 of 43,403 | #6,347 in North America | #4,949 in US |
| Age | Opened 1958 | =4,324 of 15,079 | =2,944 in North America | =2,872 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CNTR | MINNEAPOLIS CNTR | 127.300 |
| 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/kfxy/data