KIOW · Iowa City Municipal Airport

IOWA CITY, IOWA · SMALL AIRPORT

668

Elevation ft

Runways

5,002

Longest ft · 07/25

41.64N

91.55W

Iowa City Municipal Airport serves Iowa City, Iowa at 668 ft elevation with its longest runway, 07/25, at 5,002 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
07/25	5,002 × 100 ft	concrete	lit
12/30	4,200 × 75 ft	concrete	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 668 ft is about 14°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, 14°C)	668 ft	2,568 ft	2,180 ft	3,271 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	1,868 ft	2,802 ft	2,307 ft	3,461 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,068 ft	3,036 ft	2,434 ft	3,651 ft
35°C afternoon	3,228 ft	3,068 ft	2,451 ft	3,676 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (07/25, 5,002 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,676 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 KIOW is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KMUT Muscatine Municipal Airport	24 nm SE	5,500 ft
KFFL Fairfield Municipal Airport	40 nm SW	5,503 ft
KDVN Davenport Municipal Airport	43 nm E	5,511 ft
KMLI Quad City International Airport	48 nm E	10,002 ft
KOTM Ottumwa Regional Airport	52 nm SW	6,001 ft
KIIB Independence Municipal Airport	52 nm N	5,500 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KIOW

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at KIOW, 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 KIOW or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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