# Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport (BRD / KBRD)

**Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport** (IATA: BRD, ICAO: KBRD) is a medium airport in Brainerd, Minnesota, United States. It opened in 1948. It has 2 runways; the longest is 7,100 ft (2,164 m). In 2025 it handled 33 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BRD / KBRD
- FAA: BRD
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Brainerd, Minnesota, United States
- Opened: 1948
- Elevation: 1,232 ft / 376 m
- Coordinates: 46.4029, -94.1297
- Runways: 2
- Helipads: 1
- Longest runway: 7,100 ft / 2,164 m
- Instrument procedures: 5 approaches
- Passengers: 32,805 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://brainerdairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainerd_Lakes_Regional_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3813484
- Weather station: KBRD
- Ident: KBRD

## Timeline

- 1948: Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 7,100 ft / 2,164 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Concrete | 163° / 343° | yes |
| 05/23 | 6,512 ft / 1,985 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Concrete | 054° / 234° | yes |

- Also 1 helipad.
- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/05182AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 35,849 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 35,730 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 41,550 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 43,322 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 44,120 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 23,753 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 36,828 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 44,587 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 31,776 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 31,591 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 32,805 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

3 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 · 114 mi / 183 km · Delta Connection

### Cargo (3)

- [MSP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmsp.md) Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field · United States · 114 mi / 183 km · UPS Airlines, Bemidji Airlines
- [FAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfar.md) Hector International Airport · United States · 132 mi / 213 km · Bemidji Airlines
- [RST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krst.md) Rochester International Airport · United States · 190 mi / 305 km · FedEx Express

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

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

### Cargo (3)

- CH [Bemidji Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/bemidji-airlines) · 2
- FX [FedEx Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fedex-express) · 1
- 5X [UPS Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ups-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 33K (2025) | #2,259 of 3,974 | #524 in North America | #355 in US |
| Longest runway | 7,100 ft / 2,164 m | =3,396 of 29,858 | =774 in North America | =582 in US |
| Elevation | 1,232 ft / 376 m | #14,621 of 43,403 | #6,323 in North America | #4,928 in US |
| Age | Opened 1948 | =3,279 of 15,079 | =2,168 in North America | =2,110 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ASOS | ASOS | 126.775 |
| CNTR | MINNEAPOLIS CNTR | 118.050 |
| RDO | PRINCETON RDO | 123.650 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [STC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kstc.md) Saint Cloud Regional Airport · 59 mi / 95 km
- [AXN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kaxn.md) Chandler Field · 71 mi / 114 km
- [BJI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbji.md) Bemidji Regional Airport · 85 mi / 137 km
- [HIB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khib.md) Range Regional Airport · 91 mi / 147 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: “Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brainerd_Lakes_Regional_Airport&oldid=1364156035), 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/kbrd/data