KIIB · Independence Municipal Airport

INDEPENDENCE, IOWA · SMALL AIRPORT

979

Elevation ft

Runway

5,500

Longest ft · 18/36

42.46N

91.95W

Independence Municipal Airport serves Independence, Iowa at 979 ft elevation with its longest runway, 18/36, at 5,500 by 100 ft. The figures below are computed from FAA NASR runway data (via OurAirports) and the same rules of thumb JetDesk uses on the airport page in the app; the POH and current NOTAMs are the authority.

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01Runways

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lighting
18/36	5,500 × 100 ft	concrete	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 979 ft is about 13°C. Every 1,000 ft of density altitude adds roughly 8 percent to a turboprop's takeoff distance and 5 percent to its landing distance. The table uses Piper Meridian book numbers (2,438 ft takeoff and 2,110 ft landing over a 50 ft obstacle at sea level, ISA, max weight) as a reference airplane; heavier turboprops and light jets scale the same way from their own POH figures.

Conditions	Density altitude	Takeoff est.	Landing est.	Landing × 1.5
Standard day (ISA, 13°C)	979 ft	2,629 ft	2,213 ft	3,320 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	2,179 ft	2,863 ft	2,340 ft	3,510 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,379 ft	3,097 ft	2,466 ft	3,700 ft
35°C afternoon	3,614 ft	3,143 ft	2,491 ft	3,737 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (18/36, 5,500 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,737 ft needed). The percentages are a generic rule of thumb applied to one reference airplane, not certified performance data for any specific aircraft, and the runway size categories describe the runway, not your airplane's suitability. Verify with the approved flight manual before every flight.

03Nearby fields with 5,000 ft or more

Useful as alternates, as fuel stops when the price at KIIB is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KALO Waterloo Regional Airport	21 nm W	8,399 ft
KMIW Marshalltown Municipal Airport	48 nm SW	5,007 ft
KPDC Prairie Du Chien Municipal Airport	50 nm NE	5,000 ft
KIOW Iowa City Municipal Airport	52 nm S	5,002 ft
KDBQ Dubuque Regional Airport	55 nm E	6,502 ft
KGGI Grinnell Regional Airport	57 nm SW	5,200 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KIIB

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at KIIB, the app flags a price stale after two weeks, and the route finder ranks every field within a corridor of your route by net savings after the cost of the extra cycle. Log a price at KIIB or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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