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Independence Municipal Airport

42.45360°N
-91.94760°W
ARR / DAY
3
80.0%
DEP / DAY
3
91.7%

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 3 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1d ago
Temp
64°F
Wind
7 kts
160°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KIIB 290735Z AUTO 16007KT 10SM CLR 18/15 A3009 RMK AO2 T01750154

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

36
43% of ops
27 land · 11 TO
18
30% of ops
19 land · 12 TO
17
14% of ops
9 land · 6 TO
35
13% of ops
8 land · 4 TO
Runway 36 carries 43% of operations (27 landings, 11 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 30%.

Approach quality

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

36 27 landings
UA 7%
18 19 landings
UA 0%
17 9 landings
UA 0%
35 8 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 36 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 27 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
3.9
flights/day · 118 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 12am · 3pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–6pm local, averaging 3.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (2.9 vs 4.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (13% of 108 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
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