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Independence Municipal Airport

42.45360°N
-91.94760°W
ARR / DAY
1
28.6%
DEP / DAY
2
50.0%

Independence Municipal Airport (KIIB) is a small general aviation airport located in Independence, IA, 34 mi north west of Cedar Rapids. It features 1 runway measuring 5,500 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

18m ago
Temp
66°F
Wind
6 kts
190°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KIIB 210955Z AUTO 19006KT 10SM SCT100 SCT120 19/18 A3004 RMK AO2 T01860178

Runways

1 installed

5,500 FT MAX
18/36
5,500 ft × 100
CON● LITMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

35
35% of ops
33 land · 14 TO
36
25% of ops
24 land · 9 TO
18
20% of ops
19 land · 14 TO
17
20% of ops
19 land · 26 TO
Runway 35 carries 35% of operations (33 landings, 14 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 25%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

35 33 landings
UA 3%
36 24 landings
UA 0%
18 19 landings
UA 0%
17 19 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 35 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 33 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
6.3
flights/day · 188 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 5pm · 4pm
Day vs night
65%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–6pm local, averaging 6.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (5.4 vs 6.9 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (35% of 174 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 118.900
APCH 251.150
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 120.825
OTHER 118.900
WATERLOO 118.900
OTHER 251.150
WATERLOO 251.150
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Elevation:
979 ft
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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