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Iowa City Municipal Airport

41.63920°N
-91.54650°W
ARR / DAY
16
▼ 22.1%
DEP / DAY
18
▼ 23.8%

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 1 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
1
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Unstable approaches
1
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

10h ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KIOW 070052Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/20 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP181 T02500200

Runways

2 installed

5,002 FT MAX
07/25
5,002 ft × 100
CON● LITMED
12/30
4,200 ft × 75
CON● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

25
52% of ops
545 land · 636 TO
30
18% of ops
186 land · 167 TO
07
18% of ops
185 land · 160 TO
12
13% of ops
139 land · 88 TO
Runway 25 carries 52% of operations (545 landings, 636 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 30 at 18%.

Approach quality

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

25 545 landings
UA 6%
30 186 landings
UA 5%
07 185 landings
UA 4%
12 139 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 25 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (30 UA events from 545 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
32.1
flights/day · 962 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 1pm · 7pm
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–7pm local, averaging 32.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (37.5 vs 31.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

240 · 34%
61 · 9%
58 · 8%
48 · 7%
41 · 6%
31 · 4%
Activity is led by (34% of 703 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
APCH 119.700 —
APCH 134.050 —
APCH 266.800 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
ASOS 128.075 —
CD/P 119.050 —
OTHER 119.050 —
IOWA CIT 122.300 —
OTHER 122.300 —
CEDAR RA 132.800 —
OTHER 132.800 —
CEDAR RA 328.400 —
OTHER 328.400 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Mag var:
1° W
Fuel:
100LL

Pilot & community notes

2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

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david
7/18/2007
re: Alexis Park Inn
I've never been to the airport, but I remember Jay well from the aviation Usenet groups -- he seems like a good guy, and I'm glad to hear that the hotel is still working out well.
Crash7
7/18/2007
Alexis Park Inn
Nice aviation themed hotel. Say hi to Jay!
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