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Independence Municipal Airport

42.45360°N
-91.94760°W
ARR / DAY
1
57.1%
DEP / DAY
1
30.0%

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 5,500 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

13m ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
9 kts
160°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KIIB 241615Z AUTO 16009G14KT 10SM CLR 22/16 A3015 RMK AO2 T02190159

Runways

1 installed

5,500 FT MAX
18/36
5,500 ft × 100
CON● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

35
60% of ops
59 land · 55 TO
17
38% of ops
38 land · 46 TO
36
2% of ops
2 land · 2 TO
Runway 35 carries 60% of operations (59 landings, 55 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 38%.

Approach quality

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

35 59 landings
UA 7%
17 38 landings
UA 11%
36 2 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 35 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 59 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
2.4
flights/day · 72 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 7pm · 2pm
Day vs night
69%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–6pm local, averaging 2.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (1.4 vs 2.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (15% of 66 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
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 16:28 UTC