# Newton Municipal Airport (TNU / KTNU)

**Newton Municipal Airport** (IATA: TNU, ICAO: KTNU) is a small airport in Newton, Iowa, United States. It opened in Oct 1956. It has one runway, 5,600 ft (1,707 m) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: TNU / KTNU
- FAA: TNU
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Newton, Iowa, United States
- Opened: Oct 1956
- Elevation: 953 ft / 290 m
- Coordinates: 41.6744, -93.0217
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 5,600 ft / 1,707 m
- Instrument procedures: 4 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.newtongov.org/index.aspx?nid=189
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_Municipal_Airport_(Iowa) (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10851618
- Weather station: KTNU
- Ident: KTNU

## Timeline

- Oct 1956: Newton Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 5,600 ft / 1,707 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 141° / 321° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,600 ft / 1,707 m | =5,204 of 29,858 | =1,561 in North America | =1,233 in US |
| Elevation | 953 ft / 290 m | #18,512 of 43,403 | #8,343 in North America | #6,719 in US |
| Age | Opened 1956 | =4,178 of 15,079 | =2,858 in North America | =2,789 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | DES MOINES APP/DEP | 123.900 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 132.275 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 126.300 |
| RDO | FORT DODGE RDO | 112.500 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

## Nearby airports

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- [KPEA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpea.md) Pella Municipal Airport · 19 mi / 31 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/ktnu/data