# Spencer Municipal Airport (SPW / KSPW)

**Spencer Municipal Airport** (IATA: SPW, ICAO: KSPW) is a small airport in Spencer, Iowa, United States. It opened in Mar 1942. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,001 ft (1,829 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SPW / KSPW
- FAA: SPW
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Spencer, Iowa, United States
- Opened: Mar 1942
- Elevation: 1,339 ft / 408 m
- Coordinates: 43.1655, -95.2028
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 6,001 ft / 1,829 m
- Instrument procedures: 5 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.spenceriowacity.com/airport/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Municipal_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7576139
- Weather station: KSPW · WMO 72650
- Ident: KSPW

## Timeline

- Mar 1942: Spencer Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 6,001 ft / 1,829 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Concrete | 126° / 306° | yes |
| 18/36 | 5,100 ft / 1,555 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Concrete | 186° / 006° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 6,001 ft / 1,829 m | =4,583 of 29,858 | =1,284 in North America | =1,012 in US |
| Elevation | 1,339 ft / 408 m | =13,433 of 43,403 | #5,795 in North America | #4,460 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 | 126.625 |
| CNTR | MINNEAPOLIS CNTR | 127.750 |
| RDO | FORT DODGE RDO | 122.150 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.000 |

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- [EST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kest.md) Estherville Municipal Airport · 28 mi / 46 km
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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/kspw/data