Airport type Public Elevation AMSL 1,648 ft / 502 m Code BKX Phone +1 605-692-6629 | 12/30 6,000 Elevation 502 m | |
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Website CityOfBrookings.org/... Address 509 W Second St S, Brookings, SD 57006, USA Similar South Dakota State Uni, Brookings City Planning, Brookings City Animal Control, Avera Medical Group Br, Dana J Dykhouse Stadium | ||
Brookings Regional Airport (IATA: BKX, ICAO: KBKX, FAA LID: BKX), formerly known as Brookings Municipal Airport, is a city owned, public use airport located in Brookings, a city in Brookings County, South Dakota, United States. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport. Starting from September 2009, the airport is no longer served by a commercial airline after the United States Department of Transportation ended the subsidy for this airport's Essential Air Service program.
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Facilities and aircraft
Brookings Regional Airport covers an area of 576 acres (233 ha) at an elevation of 1,648 feet (502 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 12/30 is 6,000 by 100 feet (1,594 x 30 m) and 17/35 is 3,600 by 60 feet (1,097 x 18 m).
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2010, the airport had 34,915 aircraft operations, an average of 95 per day: 92% general aviation, 7% air taxi, and 1% military. At that time there were 46 aircraft based at this airport: 83% single-engine, 9% multi-engine, 4% glider, and 4% ultralight.
The City just completed a $19 million reconstruction project, including realigning and lengthening the runways.
Airlines and destinations
There is no scheduled airline service at the airport at this time.