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Independence Municipal Airport

42.45360°N
-91.94760°W
ARR / DAY
2
7.7%
DEP / DAY
3
22.2%

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

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

just now
Temp
84°F
Wind
5 kts
190°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KIIB 312355Z AUTO 19005KT 10SM CLR 29/26 A2992 RMK AO2 T02910258 10313 20279 403130208 60001

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
45% of ops
22 land · 12 TO
18
37% of ops
18 land · 16 TO
17
14% of ops
7 land · 3 TO
35
4% of ops
2 land · 4 TO
Runway 36 carries 45% of operations (22 landings, 12 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 37%.

Approach quality

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

36 22 landings
UA 9%
18 18 landings
UA 0%
17 7 landings
UA 0%
35 2 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 36 show a 9% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 22 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
3.4
flights/day · 103 total
Busy hour (local)
12am
also 1pm · 5pm
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–5pm local, averaging 3.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (2.8 vs 3.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (13% of 93 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
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 22:25 UTC