AMES, IA · 7 FAA charts · cycle 6 Aug 2026
5 published instrument approaches: 1 ILS approach, 4 RNAV (GPS), serving 4 runway ends.
| Chart | Amendment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 | ILS OR LOC RWY 01 | 4 | |
 | RNAV (GPS) RWY 01 | 2C | |
 | RNAV (GPS) RWY 13 | 1C | |
 | RNAV (GPS) RWY 19 | 1C | |
 | RNAV (GPS) RWY 31 | 1C |
| Chart | Amendment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 | TAKEOFF MINIMUMS | — | |
 | ALTERNATE MINIMUMS | — |
Minimums pages cover a whole volume, so the same document is shared by every airport in it.
From the FAA NASR 28-day subscription, cycle 6 Aug 2026.
| Service | Frequency | Call sign |
|---|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.7 | |
| Clearance delivery | 126.0 | Des Moines |
| Approach | 123.9 | Des Moines |
Civil VHF frequencies from the FAA NASR 28-day subscription. Discrete sector and military frequencies are not listed.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lighting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 5,701 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt Fair | High intensity |
| 01 17°T | ILS/DME · MALSR approach lighting · right-hand circuit | |||
| 19 197°T | VASI (4-bar) 4° | |||
| 13/31 | 3,491 ft | 75 ft | Concrete Fair | Medium intensity |
| 13 136°T | right-hand circuit | |||
Runway and approach-aid data from the FAA NASR 28-day subscription.
41.9920440, -93.6218210
955 ft2 nm SEPaste the coordinates into a simulator’s world map to drop straight onto the field.
Published verbatim from the FAA NASR subscription. Abbreviations are the FAA's own.
AMES MUNI has published approaches to all four ends of its two runways. RNAV (GPS) accounts for most of the approach coverage, while the ILS and localiser options add ground-based guidance. Runway choice also changes the available distance substantially: 01/19 provides 2,210 ft more than 13/31, making the longer alignment the more accommodating of the two.
Among nearby airports, ANKENY RGNL has chart coverage comparable in breadth to Ames, while DES MOINES INTL has a notably larger procedure set. BOONE MUNI, PERRY MUNI and WEBSTER CITY MUNI each have much thinner coverage. The Chicago and Omaha sectional charts add broader visual-navigation context beyond the airport-specific instrument procedures.
| ID | Airport | City | Distance | Charts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KBNW | Boone Muni | BOONE, IA | 11 nm W | 4 |
| KIKV | Ankeny Rgnl | ANKENY, IA | 18 nm S | 7 |
| KPRO | Perry Muni | PERRY, IA | 26 nm W | 4 |
| KDSM | Des Moines Intl | DES MOINES, IA | 28 nm S | 15 |
| KEBS | Webster City Muni | WEBSTER CITY, IA | 29 nm N | 4 |
| KEFW | Jefferson Muni | JEFFERSON, IA | 32 nm W | 3 |
| KMIW | Marshalltown Muni | MARSHALLTOWN, IA | 32 nm E | 4 |
| KIFA | Iowa Falls Muni | IOWA FALLS, IA | 33 nm NE | 4 |
7 current FAA charts for Ames Muni, including 5 instrument approachs. All are free to download as PDFs from this page, from the 6 August 2026 cycle.
CTAF 122.7; Clearance delivery 126.0. Full civil VHF list, with sector notes, is in the frequencies table on this page — from the FAA NASR subscription.
Ames Muni has 2 runways. The longest is 01/19 at 5,701 ft by 100 ft, asphalt. Full runway dimensions, lighting and approach aids are listed on this page.
Yes — 1 ILS procedure is published. In total KAMW has 5 published instrument approaches, of which 4 are RNAV (GPS).
No — Ames Muni has no control tower. Traffic co-ordinates on a common frequency rather than with a controller, which is listed in the frequencies table on this page.
They are from the FAA cycle effective 6 August 2026, which is superseded on 3 September 2026. We publish each new cycle on its effective date. They are for flight simulation and reference only — not for real-world navigation.
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