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Kimball Muni/Robert E Arraj Field

IBM · KIBM · Kimball, Nebraska · Kimball County · map

Kimball Muni/Robert E Arraj Field is a public-use airport owned by Kimball Airport Authority, 3 miles south of Kimball, Nebraska, 4,926 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 6,199 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).

Weather right now KIBM · observed 2:55 pm MDT (20:55 UTC), 24 minutes ago

VFR good flying weather

  • Wind from the northwest (310°) at 4 knots
  • Visibility 10 miles or more
  • Temperature 85°F (30°C), dew point 30°F (-1°C)
  • Altimeter 30.08 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 KIBM 062055Z AUTO 31004KT 10SM CLR 30/M01 A3008 RMK AO2 T02961013

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 IBM · ICAO KIBM
Kind
Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
Owner
Kimball Airport Authority
Elevation
4,926 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
unattended
Lights
runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
Fuel
100LL avgas, Jet A
Repairs
engine: minor repairs
Parking
tiedown
On the chart
Cheyenne sectional
Magnetic variation
10E
In the FAA's files since
April 1947

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

1028N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
10/286,199 × 75 ftConcrete, goodMedium-intensity lights
  • Runway 10: PAPI, two lights on the left
  • Runway 28: PAPI, two lights on the left

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM122.8
Ibm and aWOS-3118.075
Cheyenne and center (remote transmitter) Low125.9

Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 308-235-2516.

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 Kimball from the FAA register

1 aircraft are registered to owners in Kimball, Nebraska: 1 piston single. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Nebraska.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 since 1982, 1 fatal

2012-03-22CEN12LA239 · Gerner Evans We-1 N5936 · accident · minor injuries
2005-09-30CHI05LA276 · Stits Playboy Sa3B Lightning N4747G · accident · 1 killed
1993-12-18CHI94LA053 · Cessna 172 N4930G · accident · no injuries
1988-02-11MKC88LA052 · Cessna 172 N12600 · accident · no injuries
1987-03-06MKC87LA056 · Piper Pa-24-250 N5553P · accident · no injuries

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 runway end identifier lights runway 10 and 28; PAPI runway 10 and 28; medium-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 - the common traffic frequency.
  • Runway 10 clnc slope 36:1 to runway threshold due to road 641 feet from and 12 feet above runway end, 316 right.
  • Runway 28 clnc slope 43:1 to runway threshold due to road 768 feet from and 13 feet above runway end, 335 R.
  • This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.

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.