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Contact Information
Dan Smith - Executive Director
712-322-2284
16801 McCandless Lane
Suite #2
Council Bluffs, Iowa 51503

Welcome to the Council Bluffs Airport Authority website!

The Council Bluffs Airport provides a vital link to our community and the metro area.

Pilots, visitors, sports fans and corporate travelers have access to Council Bluffs, southwest Iowa, Omaha and eastern Nebraska through our airport.

Advanced Air, our fixed based operator provides fuel, maintenance, aircraft rental, pilot shop, pilot training, and laser grade testing. Click on the Advanced Air link at right for more information. Thanks to the effort of the Council Bluffs Airport Authority a new terminal, scheduled for completion in Spring 2009, will also provide meeting rooms and a pilots lounge.

Also on site at our airport is the Great Plains Wing of the Commemorative Air Force, click on the CAF link at right for more information.

In 2009 the Council Bluffs Airport through the FAA will have an ILS (Instrument Landing System) installed. The ILS is scheduled to be commissioned in February of 2010.

The Council Bluffs Airport Authority thanks you for spending a few minutes with us, we hope you enjoy your visit and we’ll see you at the airport

Jets on the ramp at the Council Bluffs Airport

The emergency helicopter rescue organization, Life Net, operates out of the Council Bluffs Airport

Click for Council Bluffs, Iowa Forecast

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