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Iowa Falls Municipal Airport

42.47080°N
-93.27000°W
ARR / DAY
4
115.4%
DEP / DAY
4
62.5%

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 4 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

12h ago
Temp
82°F
Wind
12 kts
140°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KIFA 201715Z AUTO 14012KT 10SM BKN110 28/23 A2985 RMK AO2 T02770231

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
58% of ops
140 land · 18 TO
31
42% of ops
102 land · 107 TO
Runway 13 carries 58% of operations (140 landings, 18 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 31 at 42%.

Approach quality

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

13 140 landings
UA 7%
31 102 landings
UA 8%
Approaches to 13 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (10 UA events from 140 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
4.5
flights/day · 136 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4pm · 2pm
Day vs night
67%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 4.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.8× weekday (6.9 vs 3.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (25% of 126 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+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 06:09 UTC