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Independence Municipal Airport

42.45360°N
-91.94760°W
ARR / DAY
2
85.7%
DEP / DAY
16
11.1%

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 2 arrivals and 16 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2d ago
Temp
68°F
Wind
5 kts
140°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KIIB 301315Z AUTO 14005KT 10SM CLR 20/18 A3010 RMK AO2 T02020184

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

35
61% of ops
105 land · 52 TO
17
24% of ops
41 land · 52 TO
36
9% of ops
16 land · 10 TO
18
5% of ops
9 land · 12 TO
Runway 35 carries 61% of operations (105 landings, 52 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 24%.

Approach quality

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

35 105 landings
UA 8%
17 41 landings
UA 5%
36 16 landings
UA 0%
18 9 landings
UA 11%
Approaches to 35 show a 8% unstable-approach rate (8 UA events from 105 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
5.9
flights/day · 178 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 6pm · 5pm
Day vs night
70%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–5pm local, averaging 5.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (5.0 vs 6.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (31% of 156 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 13:22 UTC