Council Bluffs Municipal
CBF · KCBF · Council Bluffs, Iowa · Pottawattamie County · map
Council Bluffs Municipal is a public-use airport owned by Council Bluffs Airport Authority, 4 miles east of Council Bluffs, Iowa, 1,245 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 5,500 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KCBF · observed 2:35 pm CDT (19:35 UTC), 20 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (210°) at 10 knots, gusting to 15
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 82°F (28°C), dew point 57°F (14°C)
- Altimeter 29.87 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KCBF 061935Z AUTO 21010G15KT 10SM CLR 28/14 A2987 RMK AO2
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CBF · ICAO KCBF
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Council Bluffs Airport Authority
- Elevation
- 1,245 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1967
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 5,500 × 100 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 14/32 | 3,650 × 60 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 36: ILS with DME, PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 14: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 32 ft high 1,191 ft from the end
- Runway 32: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.725 | |
| Clearance delivery | 127.675 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.5 | |
| Cbf and aWOS-3 | 126.575 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 712-323-1542.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Council Bluffs from the FAA register
36 aircraft are registered to owners in Council Bluffs, Iowa: 23 piston singles, 4 drones, 2 piston twins, 2 balloons, 1 turboprop. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Iowa.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 22 since 1982, 2 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32; high-intensity runway lights runway 18/36; runway end identifier lights runways 14, 32, 18 and 36 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runways 14, 32, 18 and 36 are on 24/7.
- Runway 14 preferred calm wind runway.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.