# Oelwein Municipal Airport (KOLZ)

**Oelwein Municipal Airport** (ICAO: KOLZ) is a small airport in Oelwein, Iowa, United States. It opened in Dec 1946. It has 2 runways; the longest is 4,000 ft (1,219 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / KOLZ
- FAA: OLZ
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Oelwein, Iowa, United States
- Opened: Dec 1946
- Elevation: 1,076 ft / 328 m
- Coordinates: 42.6809, -91.9737
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 4,000 ft / 1,219 m
- Instrument procedures: 1 approach
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35285506
- Weather station: KOLZ
- Ident: KOLZ

## Timeline

- Dec 1946: Oelwein Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 4,000 ft / 1,219 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Concrete | 135° / 315° | yes |
| 18/36 | 1,822 ft / 555 m | 85 ft / 26 m | Grass | 182° / 002° |  |

## 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 | 1,076 ft / 328 m | =16,544 of 43,403 | =7,280 in North America | =5,769 in US |
| Age | Opened 1946 | =2,744 of 15,079 | =1,680 in North America | =1,626 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | WATERLOO APP/DEP | 118.900 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 119.675 |
| 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/kolz/data