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Independence Municipal Airport

42.45360°N
-91.94760°W
ARR / DAY
2
23.1%
DEP / DAY
4
13.6%

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 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 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

35
28% of ops
22 land · 16 TO
36
26% of ops
21 land · 12 TO
17
25% of ops
20 land · 19 TO
18
21% of ops
17 land · 16 TO
Runway 35 carries 28% of operations (22 landings, 16 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 26%.

Approach quality

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

35 22 landings
UA 9%
36 21 landings
UA 10%
17 20 landings
UA 0%
18 17 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 35 show a 9% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 22 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
3.6
flights/day · 108 total
Busy hour (local)
12am
also 1pm · 5pm
Day vs night
64%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–5pm local, averaging 3.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (2.8 vs 4.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (13% of 98 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 23:07 UTC