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Iowa Falls Municipal Airport

42.47080°N
-93.27000°W
ARR / DAY
1
71.4%
DEP / DAY
2
43.5%

Iowa Falls Municipal Airport (KIFA/IFA) is a small general aviation airport located in Iowa Falls, IA, 62 mi north of Des Moines. It features 1 runway measuring 4,602 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

15m ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
4 kts
150°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KIFA 130155Z AUTO 15004KT 10SM CLR 25/21 A3021 RMK AO2 T02460205

Runways

1 installed

4,602 FT MAX
13/31
4,602 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

13
57% of ops
73 land · 17 TO
31
43% of ops
54 land · 75 TO
Runway 13 carries 57% of operations (73 landings, 17 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 31 at 43%.

Approach quality

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

13 73 landings
UA 3%
31 54 landings
UA 19%
Approaches to 13 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 73 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
3.1
flights/day · 94 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 4pm
Day vs night
65%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–4pm local, averaging 3.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 2.5× weekday (5.8 vs 2.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (22% of 92 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 120.425
OTHER 118.900
WATERLOO 118.900
OTHER 251.150
WATERLOO 251.150
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
1° E
Fuel:
100LL, A+
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