Brookings Regional Airport (IATA: BKX, ICAO: KBKX, FAA LID: BKX), formerly Brookings Municipal Airport, is in Brookings, in Brookings County, South Dakota.[1] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation airport.[2] The airport has had no airline service since September 2009 when the United States Department of Transportation ended the subsidy for its Essential Air Service.
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | City of Brookings | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Brookings, South Dakota | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,648 ft / 502 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 44°18′17″N 096°49′01″W / 44.30472°N 96.81694°W | ||||||||||||||
Website | CityOfBrookings.org/... | ||||||||||||||
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Brookings Regional Airport covers 576 acres (233 ha) at an elevation of 1,648 feet (502 m). It has two asphalt runways: 12/30 is 6,000 by 100 feet (1,829 x 30 m) and 17/35 is 3,600 by 60 feet (1,097 x 18 m).[1]
In 2020 the airport had 32,025 aircraft operations, average 88 per day: 99% general aviation, 1% air taxi, and <1% military. 64 aircraft were then based at the airport: 56 single-engine, 5 multi-engine, and 3 glider.[1]
In 2012 the city of Brookings completed a $19 million reconstruction project, including realigning and lengthening the runways.[3]
No airline service is scheduled.
The first airline flights were Western DC-3s in 1950; Western pulled out in 1959. Braniff arrived in 1953-54; North Central replaced Braniff in 1957 and successor Republic left in approximately late 1981.