The Iowa City CTAF and UNICOM are on a combined frequency of 122.80. There is also a self serve 100LL pump located at the main ramp available 24/7. There is no tie down or handling fee at this location. Jet maintains a fleet of newer Cessna 172S and 172R for rental and training. Full line services are available, as well as flight training, charter services, and aircraft maintenance. There is an airport terminal building, an aircraft maintenance shop, two corporate hangar buildings, a multi-plane hangar with attached office area, and five buildings with 60 individual hangars (T-hangars). In December 2017, 73 aircraft were based at the airport: 61 single-engine, 3 multi-engine, 7 jet, 1 helicopter, and 1 glider. In the year ending Septemthe airport had 19,287 aircraft operations, average 53 per day: 87% general aviation, 11% air taxi, and 1% military.

The airport has approved GPS and VOR Instrument approaches. The airport covers 450 acres (180 ha) at an elevation of 683 feet (208 m). On March 1, 1959, United was replaced by Ozark, which pulled out of Iowa City in April 1970. In the 1920s Iowa City was on the original transcontinental air route, flown by Boeing Air Transport, a United predecessor.

The airport has no scheduled airline service the closest airline airport is The Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids, about 19 miles (31 km) northwest. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021 categorized it as a regional general aviation facility. It is the oldest civil airport west of the Mississippi River still in its original location. Iowa City Municipal Airport ( IATA: IOW, ICAO: KIOW, FAA LID: IOW), is two miles southwest of downtown Iowa City, in Johnson County, Iowa. Source: Federal Aviation Administration,

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