Iowa City Municipal
IOW · KIOW · Iowa City, Iowa · Johnson County · map
Iowa City Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Iowa City, 2 miles southwest of Iowa City, Iowa, 684 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 07/25, is 5,002 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KIOW · observed 4:52 pm CDT (21:52 UTC), 15 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (210°) at 11 knots, gusting to 20
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 79°F (26°C), dew point 50°F (10°C)
- Altimeter 29.88 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 KIOW 062152Z AUTO 21011G20KT 10SM CLR 26/10 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP116 T02610100
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 IOW · ICAO KIOW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Iowa City
- Elevation
- 684 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 6:30 am to 8:30 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
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1946
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 5,002 × 100 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 12/30 | 4,200 × 75 ft | Concrete, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 07: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, pole 88 ft high 2,079 ft from the end
- Runway 25: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 130 ft, 4,872 ft available for landing
- Runway 12: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 500 ft, 3,700 ft available for landing, tree 85 ft high 1,454 ft from the end
- Runway 30: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 300 ft, 3,900 ft available for landing, tree 84 ft high 1,327 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Clearance delivery | 119.05 | |
| Approach and departure | 119.7 | |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) | 134.05 | |
| Iow and automated weather (ASOS) | 128.075 | |
| Cedar Rapids Center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.8 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 319-339-9491.
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 Iowa City from the FAA register
103 aircraft are registered to owners in Iowa City, Iowa: 78 piston singles, 12 business jets, 6 helicopters, 4 piston twins, 3 drones. 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 · 9 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
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 07/25 and 12/30 preset low intst; to incr intst and activate PAPI runway 07, 25 and 30; runway end identifier lights runway 07, 25 and 30 - the common traffic frequency.
- Ultralight activity DISCOURAGED-RDO required.
- Runway 25 approach slope 23:1 to dthr.
- Waterfowl and deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Helicopter activity 3/4 mile north of airport in the vicinity of university of Iowa hospital.
- Numerous unlighted cranes 200 feet above ground level 2 NM rds of airport.
- Glider activity on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Stadium within 3NM, check for events.
- Runway 25 designated as 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.