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Council Bluffs Municipal Airport

41.25920°N
-95.76060°W
ARR / DAY
42
33.4%
DEP / DAY
51
31.6%

Council Bluffs Municipal Airport (KCBF/CBF) is a small general aviation airport located in Council Bluffs, IA. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,500 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 42 arrivals and 51 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

9h ago
Temp
84°F
Wind
5 kts
80°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KCBF 052355Z AUTO 08005KT 10SM CLR 29/21 A2999 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

18
34% of ops
486 land · 207 TO
36
31% of ops
446 land · 291 TO
32
23% of ops
330 land · 143 TO
14
12% of ops
167 land · 548 TO
Runway 18 carries 34% of operations (486 landings, 207 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 31%.

Approach quality

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

18 486 landings
UA 5%
36 446 landings
UA 7%
32 330 landings
UA 3%
14 167 landings
UA 8%GA 4.2%
Approaches to 18 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (26 UA events from 486 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
75.0
flights/day · 2,251 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 5pm · 7pm
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–7pm local, averaging 75.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (40.1 vs 91.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (77% of 2,086 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.725
APCH 124.500
APCH 263.000
UNICOM 122.725
AWOS 126.575
CD/P 127.675
OTHER 127.675
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
5° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 10 AM · 1 movement every 327 s
12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
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