| Independence Municipal Airport | |
| Icao: | KIIB |
| Faa: | IIB |
| Type: | Public |
| Owner: | City of Independence |
| City-Served: | Independence, Iowa |
| Elevation-F: | 979 |
| Elevation-M: | 298 |
| Coordinates: | 42.4569°N -91.9478°W |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Iowa#USA |
| Pushpin Relief: | yes |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Iowa/United States |
| Pushpin Label: | IIB |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| R1-Number: | 18/36 |
| R1-Length-F: | 5,500 |
| R1-Length-M: | 1,676 |
| R1-Surface: | Concrete |
| Stat-Year: | 2009 |
| Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations |
| Stat1-Data: | 9,100 |
| Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
| Stat2-Data: | 24 |
| Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Independence Municipal Airport 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. As per the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009-2013, it is classified as a general aviation airport.[2]
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]
Independence Municipal Airport covers an area of 161acres 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).
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.