Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport

Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport
IATA: BRD – ICAO: KBRD – FAA LID: BRD
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Brainerd & Crow Wing County
Serves	Brainerd, Minnesota
Elevation AMSL	1,232 ft / 376 m
Coordinates
Website	brainerdairport.com
Map
BRD Location of airport in Minnesota
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 16/34 7,100 2,164 Concrete 5/23 6,514 1,985 Concrete 12/30 4,080 1,244 CLOSED
Helipads
Number Length Surface ft m H1 60 18 Concrete
Statistics (Year ending 10-31-2015)
Aircraft operations 37,900 Based aircraft 89
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport (IATA: BRD, ICAO: KBRD, FAA LID: BRD) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Brainerd, a city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. The airport is owned by the city and county. It is mostly used for general aviation but is also served by one commercial airline.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 16,665 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 15,472 enplanements in 2009, and 16,404 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).

Facilities and aircraft

Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport covers an area of 2,597 acres (1,051 ha) at an elevation of 1,232 feet (376 m) above mean sea level. It has two active runways with concrete surfaces: 16/34 is 7,100 by 150 feet (2,164 x 46 m) and 5/23 is 6,514 by 150 feet (1,985 x 46 m). A closed runway designated 12/30 is 4,080 by 75 feet (1,244 x 23 m). The airport also has one helipad designated H1 which measures 60 by 60 feet (18 x 18 m).

For the 12-month period ending October 31, 2011, the airport had 37,055 aircraft operations, an average of 101 per day: 84% general aviation, 11% scheduled commercial, 4% air taxi, and 1% military. At that time, there were 88 aircraft based at this airport: 82% single-engine, 5% multi-engine, 5% jet, and 9% helicopter.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service:

Airlines	Destinations
Delta Connection	Minneapolis/St. Paul
Sun Country	Seasonal: Laughlin/Bullhead City

Busiest domestic routes out of BRD
(Dec 2014 - Nov 2015)

Rank	City	Passengers	Carriers
1	Minneapolis/St. Paul	17,000	Delta
2	Laughlin/Bullhead City	1,000	Sun Country

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Bemidji Airlines	Minneapolis/St. Paul
FedEx Feeder operated by CSA Air	Rochester (MN)

Other sources

• Essential Air Service documents (Docket OST-2011-0135) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
  • Ninety Day Notice (July 15, 2011): of Mesaba Aviation, Inc. and Pinnacle Airlines, Inc. of termination of service at Brainerd, MN.
  • Order 2011-9-5 (September 13, 2011): prohibiting suspension of service and requesting proposals.
  • Order 2011-11-30 (November 23, 2011): selecting Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., to provide essential air service (EAS) at six communities at the following annual subsidy rates: Brainerd, Minnesota, $959,865; Fort Dodge, $1,798,693; Iron Mountain, $1,707,841; Mason City, $1,174,468; Thief River Falls, Minnesota, $1,881,815; and Watertown, $1,710,324, for the two-year period beginning when Great Lakes inaugurates full EAS at all six communities.
  • Order 2012-6-3 (June 6, 2012): extending the Essential Air Service obligation of the two wholly owned subsidiaries of Pinnacle Airlines Corporation—Mesaba Aviation, Inc. and Pinnacle Airlines, d/b/a Delta Connection at the eight communities listed below (Muscle Shoals, AL; Alpena, MI; Iron Mountain/Kingsford, MI; Brainerd, MN; International Falls, MN; Greenville, MS; Laurel/Hattiesburg, MS; Tupelo, MS) for 30 days, through, July 9, 2012.

External links

• Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport, official site
• Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport PDF (306 KB) from the Minnesota DOT Airport Directory
• Aerial image as of May 1992 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Terminal Procedures for BRD, effective December 26, 2024
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for BRD
  • AirNav airport information for KBRD
  • ASN accident history for BRD
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures

• FAA Airport Master Record for BRD (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.