Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
Osceola Municipal (I75) is a public-use general aviation field in south-central Iowa, sitting about 33 nautical miles from the Des Moines metro area. It handles a modest volume of business aviation traffic, with a single concrete runway and 100LL fuel available.
Osceola Municipal has one paved runway, 18/36, 4,001 ft long and 75 ft wide, with a concrete surface.
Source: FAA Form 5010.
Osceola Municipal has 100LL available on the field. Fueling is available from 8am to 2pm, daily, and the airport has no control tower.
Source: FAA Form 5010 / NASR.
Osceola Municipal does not clear customs. The nearest port of entry is Des Moines International (KDSM), 29 NM away.
Source: CBP list of ports of entry.
Osceola Municipal recorded 67 business aviation movements in 2025. Traffic peaks in November. Business aviation traffic at Osceola Muni (I75) is concentrated in the fall months, with November recording the highest count of the year according to FAA TFMSC data.
Business jet movements, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month November, 15 movements in 2025.
Source: FAA TFMSC, business jet movements, 2025.
Osceola Municipal averages 10.1 days above 90°F in July, 30.3 freeze days in January and 2.6 snow days in February. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 86.5°F, and January the coldest, at 32.2°F.
Weather station is 3.4 NM from the field. Some values are estimated by the agency. 1991–2020 climate normals.
Source: NOAA NCEI.
Osceola Municipal has published operating constraints in two categories: runway notes and other notes.
Runway lights (MIRL) for runway 18/36, PAPI for runways 18 and 36, and REILs for runway 18/36 are pilot-activated via CTAF.
Runway 18 is the calm wind runway.
Credit card fuel is available on a 24-hour basis.
For clearance delivery, contact Des Moines ATCT.
Source: FAA Chart Supplement.
Osceola Municipal has five airfields within 39 NM. The closest is Chariton Municipal (KCNC), 15.05 NM east.
Part of the Des Moines and Iowa area.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
We arrange catering, fuel and trip support here. Supplier prices reach you unchanged; our coordination fee sits on its own line.
$600.00 catering order at I75.
What the kitchen invoices us is what your quote reads.
The $75 minimum applies below $862.50.
Passed on at the exact amount the processor took.
Market practice figures are industry averages, not a specific competitor.
No. Osceola Municipal (I75) stocks 100LL only, with no Jet A on the field. Fuel is available by credit card on a 24-hour basis, though this fits a facility that otherwise operates on a limited attendance schedule.
Osceola Municipal (I75) has a single paved runway, 18/36, measuring 4001 feet by 75 feet with a concrete surface. Runway 18 is designated as the calm wind runway for the field.
Osceola Municipal (I75) does not have customs service on site. The nearest customs facility is Des Moines International (KDSM), about 29 nautical miles away.