# Abilene Regional Airport (ABI / KABI)

**Abilene Regional Airport** (IATA: ABI, ICAO: KABI) is a medium airport in Abilene, Texas, United States. It opened in Nov 1953. It has 2 runways; the longest is 7,208 ft (2,197 m). In 2025 it handled 214 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kabi

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ABI / KABI
- FAA: ABI
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Abilene, Texas, United States
- Opened: Nov 1953
- Elevation: 1,791 ft / 546 m
- Coordinates: 32.4113, -99.6819
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 7,208 ft / 2,197 m
- Instrument procedures: 4 approaches
- Passengers: 213,995 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://iflyabi.com
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abilene_Regional_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2744821
- Weather station: KABI · WMO 72266
- Ident: KABI

## Timeline

- Nov 1953: Abilene Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17R/35L | 7,208 ft / 2,197 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 180° / 360° | yes |
| 17L/35R | 7,198 ft / 2,194 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 180° / 360° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00001AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 198,856 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 193,092 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 180,843 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 178,013 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 162,185 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 173,906 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 93,547 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 160,593 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 149,874 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 167,604 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 193,193 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 213,995 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

5 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (4)

- [DFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdfw.md) Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · United States · 157 mi / 253 km · American Eagle
- [IAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiah.md) George Bush Intercontinental Airport · United States · 306 mi / 493 km · United Express
- [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · United States · 585 mi / 941 km · United Express
- [PHX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kphx.md) Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport · United States · 718 mi / 1,155 km · American Eagle

### Cargo (1)

- [LBB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klbb.md) Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport · United States · 151 mi / 243 km · FedEx Express

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from ABI, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- [American Eagle](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-eagle) · 2
- UA [United Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-express) · 2

### Cargo (1)

- FX [FedEx Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fedex-express) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 214K (2025) | #1,507 of 3,974 | #334 in North America | #222 in US |
| Longest runway | 7,208 ft / 2,197 m | =3,336 of 29,858 | #742 in North America | #550 in US |
| Elevation | 1,791 ft / 546 m | #9,994 of 43,403 | #4,443 in North America | #3,352 in US |
| Age | Opened 1953 | =3,935 of 15,079 | =2,731 in North America | =2,667 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | APP/DEP | 125.000 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 118.250 |
| GND | GND | 121.700 |
| RDO | FORT WORTH RDO | 122.650 |
| TWR | TWR | 120.100 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [DYS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdys.md) Dyess Air Force Base · 10 mi / 16 km
- [SJT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksjt.md) San Angelo Regional Mathis Field · 87 mi / 140 km
- [BBD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbbd.md) Curtis Field · 88 mi / 141 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Abilene Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abilene_Regional_Airport&oldid=1374573755), revision of 12 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kabi/data