# Aberdeen Regional Airport (ABR / KABR)

**Aberdeen Regional Airport** (IATA: ABR, ICAO: KABR) is a medium airport in Aberdeen, South Dakota, United States. It opened in Dec 1937. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,901 ft (2,103 m). In 2025 it handled 53 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ABR / KABR
- FAA: ABR
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Aberdeen, South Dakota, United States
- Opened: Dec 1937
- Elevation: 1,302 ft / 397 m
- Coordinates: 45.4491, -98.4218
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 6,901 ft / 2,103 m
- Instrument procedures: 6 approaches
- Passengers: 52,647 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: https://aberdeenregionalairport.us/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberdeen_Regional_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2876107
- Weather station: KABR · WMO 72659
- Ident: KABR

## Timeline

- Dec 1937: Aberdeen Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 6,901 ft / 2,103 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Concrete | 135° / 315° | yes |
| 17/35 | 5,500 ft / 1,676 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 180° / 360° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00642AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 54,910 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 52,853 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 54,550 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 57,454 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 59,080 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 29,706 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 43,615 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 44,001 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 44,632 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 47,436 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 52,647 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (1)

- [MSP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmsp.md) Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field · United States · 256 mi / 412 km · Delta Connection

### Cargo (1)

- [FSD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfsd.md) Sioux Falls Regional Airport · United States · 153 mi / 246 km · Alpine Air Express, FedEx Express

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- [Delta Connection](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/delta-connection) · 1

### Cargo (2)

- 5A [Alpine Air Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/alpine-air-express) · 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 | 53K (2025) | =2,067 of 3,974 | =476 in North America | =321 in US |
| Longest runway | 6,901 ft / 2,103 m | =3,569 of 29,858 | =874 in North America | =665 in US |
| Elevation | 1,302 ft / 397 m | =13,831 of 43,403 | =5,969 in North America | =4,613 in US |
| Age | Opened 1937 | =703 of 15,079 | =141 in North America | =123 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ASOS | ASOS | 125.875 |
| CNTR | MINNEAPOLIS CNTR | 120.600 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.700 |
| RDO | HURON RDO | 122.400 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [SD32](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sd32.md) Braun Airport · 1.5 mi / 2.4 km
- [SD05](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sd05.md) Thorson Airfield · 6.1 mi / 9.8 km
- [30SD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/30sd.md) Barber Field · 9.3 mi / 15 km
- [2E6](https://dromopedia.com/airports/2e6.md) Groton Municipal Airport · 17 mi / 27 km
- [SD49](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sd49.md) Hite Private Airport · 22 mi / 35 km
- [US-8744](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-8744.md) Mike Harmon Aviation Airport · 22 mi / 36 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: “Aberdeen Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aberdeen_Regional_Airport&oldid=1364132252), revision of 14 Jul 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/kabr/data