# Brookings Regional Airport (BKX / KBKX)

**Brookings Regional Airport** (IATA: BKX, ICAO: KBKX) is a small airport in Brookings, South Dakota, United States. It opened in Nov 1949. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,000 ft (1,829 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BKX / KBKX
- FAA: BKX
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Brookings, South Dakota, United States
- Opened: Nov 1949
- Elevation: 1,648 ft / 502 m
- Coordinates: 44.3048, -96.8169
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 6,000 ft / 1,829 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://cityofbrookings.org/index.aspx?NID=223
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brookings_Regional_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3887271
- Weather station: KBKX
- Ident: KBKX

## Timeline

- Nov 1949: Brookings Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 6,000 ft / 1,829 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 119° / 299° | yes |
| 17/35 | 3,600 ft / 1,097 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Asphalt | 177° / 357° | yes |

- 17/35 slopes 1.0%: threshold 17 at 1,610 ft / 491 m, threshold 35 at 1,646 ft / 502 m.
- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00969AD.PDF

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 6,000 ft / 1,829 m | =4,614 of 29,858 | =1,310 in North America | =1,036 in US |
| Elevation | 1,648 ft / 502 m | #10,907 of 43,403 | #4,773 in North America | #3,608 in US |
| Age | Opened 1949 | =3,461 of 15,079 | =2,337 in North America | =2,277 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 108.800 |
| RDO | HURON RDO | 122.650 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.000 |

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## Sources

- [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)
- [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/kbkx/data