Council Bluffs Municipal Airport Explained

Council Bluffs Municipal Airport
Iata:CBF
Icao:KCBF
Faa:CBF
Type:Public
Owner:Council Bluffs Airport Authority
City-Served:Council Bluffs, Iowa
Elevation-F:1,245
Website:www.cbairport.com
Coordinates:41.26°N -95.7586°W
Pushpin Map:USA Iowa#USA
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Iowa/United States
Pushpin Label:CBF
Pushpin Label Position:right
R1-Number:18/36
R1-Length-F:5,500
R1-Surface:Concrete
R2-Number:14/32
R2-Length-F:3,650
R2-Surface:Concrete
Stat-Year:2012
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:40,050
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:83
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Council Bluffs Municipal Airport is a public use airport located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) east of the central business district of Council Bluffs, a city in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States. It is owned by Council Bluffs Airport Authority. This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Flight school and air charter company Advanced Air Inc. operates out of this airport. The airport is also the site of Iowa Western Community College's Aviation Maintenance Technology program, and their Professional Pilot training program.

The airport has many instrument approaches, including an ILS to Runway 36, and a VOR-A approach that are both used regularly for training.

Facilities and aircraft

Council Bluffs Municipal Airport covers an area of 656 acres (265 ha) at an elevation of 1,245 feet (379 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways with concrete surfaces: 18/36 is 5,500 by 100 feet (1,676 x 30 m) and 14/32 is 3,650 by 60 feet (1,113 x 18 m).

For the 12-month period ending March 22, 2012, the airport had 40,050 aircraft operations, an average of 109 per day: 96% general aviation, 4% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 83 aircraft based at this airport: 63% single-engine, 14.5% multi-engine, 8% jet, and 14.5% helicopter.

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Notes and References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
  2. Web site: 2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A . PDF, 2.03 MB . National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems . Federal Aviation Administration . October 4, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120927084535/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf . 2012-09-27 .