KIIB James H Connell Field at Independence Municipal Airport
Independence, IA · 3 miles SW of INDEPENDENCE, IA
Public
Non-towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO KIIB
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 979.0 ft
- Coordinates
- 42-27-24.8000N 091-56-51.6000W
- Lat / Long
- 42.4568889, -91.9476667
- Mag. variation
- 00E (2010)
- Time zone
- UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 12/1967
- ARTCC
- MINNEAPOLIS CENTER
- FSS
- FORT DODGE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- IIB (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- 0700-DUSK
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- yes
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- MIRL RWY 18/36 PRESET LOW INTST; TO ACTVT HIGHER INTST & REILS & PAPI RWYS 18 & 36 - CTAF.
Airport location no published diagram
Range from KIIB
Runways
Longest 5500 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 5500 x 100 ft. / 1676 x 30 m
- Surface
- concrete, in good condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity
- Weight bearing
- PCN 15 /R/D/W/U Single wheel
Runway 18
- Heading
- 179
- VGSI / PAPI
- 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 970.3 ft.
Runway 36
- Heading
- 359
- VGSI / PAPI
- 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 979.0 ft.
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 2
Approaches — IAP 2
Arrivals — STAR 0
None published.
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- no
- Ctaf/unicom
- 122.8
- Wx Awos-3
- 120.825 (319-334-3879)
- Des Moines Approach
- 118.9
- Des Moines Departure
- 118.9
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL JET-A
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A
- Parking
- hangars and tiedowns
- Airframe service
- MAJOR
- Powerplant service
- MAJOR
- Bottled oxygen
- NONE
- Bulk oxygen
- NONE
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.