Airports

KEST ESTHERVILLE MUNI

Estherville, IA · FAA identifier EST · Accident history (NTSB)

Elevation
1,319 ft
Tower
Uncontrolled
Use
Public
Position
43°24′26.9″N
094°44′47.0″W
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Airport geometry © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); runways and lighting from FAA NASR.

Conditions

METAR 17 minutes ago
METAR KEST 120849Z AUTO 34011KT 10SM CLR M01/M02 A3011 RMK AO2 SNE29 SLP204 P0000 60000 T10061022 53006
     Category: VFR
         Wind: 340° at 11 kt
   Visibility: 10 sm
Temp/Dewpoint: -1°C / -2°C
    Altimeter: 30.11" Hg
          Sky: --- ft - CLR
TAF — NEAREST (KFOD) 3h 26m ago
Prevailing 1206Z-1306Z NOW
KFOD 120540Z 1206/1306 34010KT P6SM SKC
     Category: VFR
         Wind: 340° at 10 kt
   Visibility: more than 6 sm
      Weather: KFOD 120540Z
          Sky: --- ft - SKC
FM 120900Z NOW
FM120900 35010G17KT P6SM SCT030
     Category: VFR
         Wind: 350° at 10 kt gust 17 kt
   Visibility: more than 6 sm
          Sky: 3,000 ft - SCT
FM 121200Z IN 2h 53m
FM121200 36010G17KT P6SM SCT025
     Category: VFR
         Wind: 360° at 10 kt gust 17 kt
   Visibility: more than 6 sm
          Sky: 2,500 ft - SCT
FM 121900Z IN 9h 53m
FM121900 36010KT P6SM SCT035
     Category: VFR
         Wind: 360° at 10 kt
   Visibility: more than 6 sm
          Sky: 3,500 ft - SCT
FM 122200Z IN 12h 53m
FM122200 35008KT P6SM FEW090
     Category: VFR
         Wind: 350° at 8 kt
   Visibility: more than 6 sm
          Sky: 9,000 ft - FEW

Runways

06/24 2,989 x 90 - TURF-F
06
1 kt tail, 11 kt cross from left
24
1 kt head, 11 kt cross from right
16/34 4,797 x 75 - CONC-G
16
11 kt tail, 2 kt cross from right
34
11 kt head, 2 kt cross from left
06241634N ↑

Frequencies

CTAF 122.975
UNICOM 122.975
ASOS 121.425
All frequencies (5)
UseFrequencySectorHours
CTAF 122.975
UNICOM 122.975
ASOS 121.425
MINNEAPOLIS CENTER 127.75
MINNEAPOLIS CENTER 257.7

Procedures and charts

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Charts open from the FAA's digital Terminal Procedures Publication, cycle 2612, effective 11/26/2026 12:00:00 AM to 12/24/2026 12:00:00 AM. Not for navigation; check the cycle before flight.

NOTAMs

Not for operational use

NOTAMs as captured by CircumFlight from the FAA's NOTAM distribution; not FAA data, and not necessarily complete or current. Always get an official briefing before flight.

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Release queue

Awaiting release

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Recently released

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Release times (the slot at the departure fix) and delay causes from traffic management, derived by CircumFlight, as of 0905Z; not FAA data and not for operational use. Get your release from ATC. Aircraft whose owners have asked the FAA to limit the display of their flights are not shown.

Arrivals and departures

Arrivals

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Departures

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Flights seen in the last five minutes, as of 0906Z. A departure at a gate has its departure clearance and has not yet moved; a place marked (est.) is the nearest stand to the aircraft's last surface position. Derived by CircumFlight from air traffic management feeds; not FAA data and not for operational use. Times are estimates from distance and ground speed. Aircraft whose owners have asked the FAA to limit the display of their flights are not shown.

Statistics

Grants

Awarded FY2010–FY2024
$2.7M
$2,677,066 in 11 grants
AIP share
87%
$2.3M AIP · $105K relief · $233K infrastructure law
Rank, United States
0.00% of all awards FY2010–FY2025
Rank, IA
0.28% of the state's airport awards
$0$250K$500K$750K$1.0M'10FY2010: $122,284'11'12'13FY2013: $680,141'14'15FY2015: $296,678'16FY2016: $117,130'17'18'19FY2019: $72,360'20FY2020: $595,574FY2020: $595,574'21FY2021: $45,000'22FY2022: $282,600'23'24FY2024: $465,299FY2024: $465,299'25
AIP Pandemic relief, ARRA Infrastructure law (AIG, ATRM, FCT)
By fiscal year
FYGrantsAwardedAIPOther programs Share of US
2010 1 $122,284 $122,284 — 0.00%
2013 1 $680,141 $680,141 — 0.02%
2015 1 $296,678 $296,678 — 0.01%
2016 1 $117,130 $117,130 — 0.00%
2019 1 $72,360 $72,360 — 0.00%
2020 1 $595,574 $536,017 $59,557 0.01%
2021 2 $45,000 $0 $45,000 0.00%
2022 1 $282,600 $282,600 — 0.00%
2024 2 $465,299 $232,649 $232,650 0.01%

Other programs: pandemic relief (CARES, CRRSA, ARPA), the infrastructure law (AIG, ATRM, FCT) and ARRA. US $ / op is that fiscal year's awards to towered fields divided by those fields' operations, so it compares like with like; Share of US is this field's awards against every award in the FAA's report for the year.

By categorywhat the money was for
CategoryGrantsAwardedShare
Aprons 1 $680,141 25%
Taxiways 2 $667,934 25%
Runways 2 $465,299 17%
Buildings, roads and utilities 2 $418,962 16%
Snow removal and equipment 1 $282,600 11%
Planning and environmental 1 $117,130 4.4%
Pandemic relief 2 $45,000 1.7%

Categories are read from the FAA's project wording by CircumFlight's rules (noise mitigation first, then the pandemic programs, terminals, runways, taxiways, aprons, lighting and navaids, safety and security, snow removal and equipment, land, planning, buildings and roads). A grant that lists several projects is counted under its largest line item here and shown under it below; a line item with several projects takes the first one named.

Awardsnewest first · click a heading to sort · Sponsor: City of Estherville
FY Grant Category Amount Work
2024 3-19-0032-018-2024
2024-08-02
Runways $232,650 Seal Runway Pavement Surface/Pavement Joints
2024 3-19-0032-019-2024
2024-07-29
Runways $232,649 Seal Runway Pavement Surface/Pavement Joints
2022 3-19-0032-017-2022
2022-08-04
Snow removal and equipment $282,600 Acquire Snow Removal Equipment
2021 3-19-0032-015-2021
2021-03-22
Pandemic relief $13,000 CRRSA Act Funds
2021 3-19-0032-016-2021
2021-07-22
Pandemic relief $32,000 General ARPA
2020 seq. 13 Taxiways $595,574
$536K AIP
Construct Taxiway
2019 3-19-0032-012-2019 Taxiways $72,360 Construct Taxiway
2016 seq. 11 Planning and environmental $117,130 Update Airport Master Plan Study
2015 seq. 10 Buildings, roads and utilities $296,678 Construct Fuel Farm
2013 seq. 9 Aprons $680,141 Rehabilitate Apron
2010 seq. 8 Buildings, roads and utilities $122,284 Rehabilitate Access Road

From the FAA's Airport Improvement Program grant history reports, FY2010–FY2025 (federal fiscal years, October to September), as the FAA published them. Every program in those reports is counted: from FY2020 they include CARES, CRRSA and ARPA relief, and from FY2021 the infrastructure law's AIG, terminal (ATRM) and contract tower (FCT) grants, so a total here is not AIP alone; the AIP share is shown separately. Tower operations are the FAA's ATADS counts for towered fields, calendar years 2010 to 2024; a field without a tower has no counts, and a year's dollars per operation divide a fiscal year's awards by the same-numbered calendar year's count. Grants to state block programs, system plans and proposed airports carry no airport identifier and are not shown on airport pages. Ranks count airports with at least one award in these years. Figures are as published and may be revised by the FAA; this is not FAA analysis. Sources: FAA AIP grant histories, FAA ATADS airport operations. What a sponsor agrees to in accepting a grant: FAA grant assurances.

Nearby airports

AirportNameDistanceBearingConditionsWind
8Y8 PELTZ FLD 11.7 nm 137° SE —
0F3 SPIRIT LAKE MUNI 17.2 nm 266° W —
KMJQ JACKSON MUNI 18.0 nm 324° NW VFR 340° 10 kt
KEGQ EMMETSBURG MUNI 18.3 nm 175° S —
4D8 FULLER 18.6 nm 256° W —
KFRM FAIRMONT MUNI 20.2 nm 045° NE VFR 330° 12 kt
KSPW SPENCER MUNI 24.7 nm 234° SW VFR 350° 10 kt
KAXA ALGONA MUNI 28.7 nm 133° SE VFR 350° 10 kt
KSBU BLUE EARTH MUNI 30.6 nm 068° E —
KMWM WINDOM MUNI 34.2 nm 333° NW —
KJYG ST JAMES MUNI 35.7 nm 013° N VFR 330° 10 kt
KOTG WORTHINGTON MUNI 39.2 nm 293° NW VFR 350° 11 kt
Private-use fields nearby (10)
38IA GARYS 4.0 nm 074° E —
14IA EAST RIVER 13.6 nm 102° E —
2MN4 CORNFIELD CANYON 24.4 nm 062° NE —
03MN NAUERTH LAND RANCH 24.6 nm 302° NW —
40MN TURNER FLD 29.9 nm 337° NW —
MY00 SIEG'S FARM 31.2 nm 020° N —
74MN HURLEY MEML SEAPORT 31.7 nm 288° W —
2MY2 ZARN 36.3 nm 034° NE —
IA83 KOHLHAAS 37.1 nm 137° SE —
IA70 FRIESENBORG & LARSON 39.7 nm 088° E —

Distances are great-circle from the airport reference point; bearings and winds are true. Conditions are each field's own METAR from the last two hours; a dash means it has none.