KSPW Spencer Municipal Airport
Spencer, IA · 3 miles NW of SPENCER, IA
Public
Non-towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO KSPW
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 1338.9 ft
- Coordinates
- 43-09-56.3470N 095-12-10.0550W
- Lat / Long
- 43.1656519, -95.2027931
- Mag. variation
- 05E (1985)
- Time zone
- UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 03/1942
- ARTCC
- MINNEAPOLIS CENTER
- FSS
- FORT DODGE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- SPW (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- SAT-SUN 0800-1700, ALL MON-FRI 0700-1900 FOR ATTENDANT AFTER HOURS CALL (712) 262-1000.
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- no
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- ACTVT MIRL RYS 12/30 & 18/36; MALSR RY 12; VASI RYS 12 & 30; PAPI RYS 18 & 36; REIL RYS 30; 18 & 36 - CTAF.
Airport location no published diagram
Range from KSPW
Runways
Longest 6,001 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 6001 x 100 ft. / 1829 x 30 m
- Surface
- concrete, in fair condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity
- Weight bearing
- PCN 24 /R/B/W/U Single wheel
Runway 12
- Heading
- 121 magnetic, 126 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Instrument approach
- ILS
- Approach lights
- MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
- Markings
- precision, in good condition
- Displaced threshold
- no
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 1338.7 ft.
- Obstructions
- none
Runway 30
- Heading
- 301 magnetic, 306 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 2-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Displaced threshold
- 490 ft.
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 1334.1 ft.
- Obstructions
- 15 ft. road, 750 ft. from runway, 36:1 slope to clear
- Dimensions
- 5100 x 75 ft. / 1554 x 23 m
- Surface
- concrete, in good condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity
- Weight bearing
- PCN 24 /R/B/W/U Single wheel
Runway 18
- Heading
- 181 magnetic, 186 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 1334.9 ft.
- Obstructions
- none
Runway 36
- Heading
- 001 magnetic, 006 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 1337.3 ft.
- Obstructions
- 18 ft. road, 560 ft. from runway, 20:1 slope to clear
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 2
Approaches — IAP 5
Arrivals — STAR 0
None published.
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- no
- Ctaf/unicom
- 123.0
- Wx Asos
- 126.625 (712-262-8885)
- Approach Lights
- MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
- Instrument Approach
- ILS
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL JET-A
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A
- Parking
- hangars and tiedowns
- Airframe service
- MAJOR
- Powerplant service
- MAJOR
Ownership
- Manager
- MARK WHITE 101 WEST 5TH STREET SPENCER, IA 51301 Phone 712-262-1000
- Manager phone
- 712-262-1000
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.