The Eastern Iowa Airport
CID · KCID · Cedar Rapids, Iowa · Linn County · map
The Eastern Iowa Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Cedar Rapids, 6 miles southwest of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 869 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 8,600 feet of concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KCID · observed 3:52 pm CDT (20:52 UTC), 73 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southwest (220°) at 13 knots, gusting to 24
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Weather: haze
- Temperature 79°F (26°C), dew point 48°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 29.87 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:30 pm CDT (17:30 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 14 knots, gusting to 22, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 7:00 am CDT (12:00 UTC): wind from the west at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 10:00 am CDT (15:00 UTC): wind from the north-northwest at 12 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KCID 062052Z 220013G24KT 10SM HZ CLR 26/09 A2987
TAF KCID 061730Z 0618/0718 20014G22KT P6SM SKC FM070000 22007KT P6SM SKC FM071200 28005KT P6SM FEW250 FM071500 33012KT P6SM SCT250 AMD NOT SKED
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 CID · ICAO KCID
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Cedar Rapids
- Elevation
- 869 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · 5:00 am to 11:30 pm
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 5:00 am to 11:30 pm; weekends, 5:00 am to 11:30 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
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1944
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 8,600 × 150 ft | Concrete, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 6,200 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), 8,175 ft available for landing
- Runway 27: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 425 ft, 8,175 ft available for landing, rr 14 ft high 740 ft from the end
- Runway 13: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 31: VASI, four boxes on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.7 | Cedar Rapids |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 124.15 | Cedar Rapids |
| Approach (secondary) · Clearance delivery | 119.05 | Cedar Rapids |
| Clearance delivery | 125.45 | Cedar Rapids |
| Ground | 121.6 | Cedar Rapids |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace arriving from headings 091 to 269 | 119.7 | Cedar Rapids |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace · Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) arriving from headings 270 to 090 | 134.05 | Cedar Rapids |
| Cedar Rapids Center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.8 | Cedar Rapids |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 319-558-5153.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Cedar Rapids from the FAA register
118 aircraft are registered to owners in Cedar Rapids, Iowa: 89 piston singles, 11 business jets, 9 balloons, 4 piston twins, 2 turboprops. 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 · 23 since 1982, 0 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
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- When tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 09, 27 and 31; PAPI runway 09, 13 and 27; VASI runway 31; high-intensity runway lights runway 09/27; medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency.
- Self service; west of general aviation apron.
- Runway 27 calm wind runway.
- When the control tower is closed and durg snow and ice all arrival and departure annc intns on the common traffic frequency 5 minimums bfr runway use. Paew SN and ice removal mnt the common traffic frequency.
- Gate 5 and area north/northwest closed.
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.