Independence Municipal Airport (Iowa)

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Independence Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Independence
Serves Independence, Iowa
Elevation  AMSL 979 ft / 298 m
Coordinates 42°27′25″N091°56′52″W / 42.45694°N 91.94778°W / 42.45694; -91.94778
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Location of airport in Iowa/United States
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IIB
IIB (the US)
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
18/365,5001,676Concrete
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 9,100
Based aircraft 24

Independence Municipal Airport( ICAO : KIIB, FAA LID : IIB) is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southwest of the central business district of Independence, a city in Buchanan County, Iowa, United States. [1] As per the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009-2013, it is classified as a general aviation airport. [2]

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The ICAOairport code or location indicator is a four-letter code designating aerodromes around the world. These codes, as defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization and published in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators, are used by air traffic control and airline operations such as flight planning.

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Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned IIB by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA. [3]

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Facilities and aircraft

Independence Municipal Airport covers an area of 161 acres (65 ha) at an elevation of 979 feet (298 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with a concrete surface measuring 5,500 by 100 feet (1,676 x 30 m). [1]

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Runway Area of surface used by aircraft to takeoff from and land on

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For the 12-month period ending March 26, 2009, the airport had 9,100 aircraft operations, an average of 24 per day: 87% general aviation, 12% military and 1% air taxi. At that time there were 24 aircraft based at this airport: 79% single-engine, 4% multi-engine and 17% ultralight. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for IIB ( Form 5010 PDF ). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 27 Aug 2009.
  2. FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2009–2013 Archived August 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine .
  3. KIIB - Independence, Iowa - Independence Municipal Airport. Great Circle Mapper. Accessed 20 Feb 2010.
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