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Council Bluffs Municipal Airport

41.25920°N
-95.76060°W
ARR / DAY
9
83.5%
DEP / DAY
9
86.3%

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 9 arrivals and 9 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KBTA, 21 mi away (KCBF does not publish METAR)

57m ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
5 kts
210°
Visib
6437 m
Ceil
METAR KBTA 251615Z AUTO 21005KT 4SM BR OVC005 26/24 A2997 RMK AO2 T02590237

Runway intelligence

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

18
41% of ops
1,461 land · 637 TO
32
24% of ops
876 land · 41 TO
36
21% of ops
749 land · 323 TO
14
14% of ops
514 land · 2,145 TO
Runway 18 carries 41% of operations (1,461 landings, 637 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 32 at 24%.

Approach quality

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

18 1,461 landings
UA 5%
32 876 landings
UA 1%
36 749 landings
UA 4%
14 514 landings
UA 3%
Approaches to 18 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (73 UA events from 1,461 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
60.3
flights/day · 1,808 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 5pm · 7pm
Day vs night
65%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–7pm local, averaging 60.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (41.0 vs 70.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (82% of 1,680 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

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