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Independence Municipal Airport

42.45360°N
-91.94760°W
ARR / DAY
4
0.0%
DEP / DAY
2
100.0%

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 4,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 1 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

4,000 FT MAX
17/35
4,000 ft × 75
CON● LIT

Runway intelligence

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

36
38% of ops
40 land · 24 TO
18
26% of ops
28 land · 28 TO
35
21% of ops
22 land · 16 TO
17
15% of ops
16 land · 18 TO
Runway 36 carries 38% of operations (40 landings, 24 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 26%.

Approach quality

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

36 40 landings
UA 5%
18 28 landings
UA 7%
35 22 landings
UA 9%
17 16 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 36 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 40 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
5.3
flights/day · 159 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 1pm · 3pm
Day vs night
68%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–6pm local, averaging 5.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (3.5 vs 6.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (12% of 116 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

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 10:44 UTC