# Chadron Municipal Airport (CDR / KCDR)

**Chadron Municipal Airport** (IATA: CDR, ICAO: KCDR) is a medium airport in Chadron, Nebraska, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,998 ft (1,828 m). In 2025 it handled 3 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CDR / KCDR
- FAA: CDR
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Chadron, Nebraska, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 3,298 ft / 1,005 m
- Coordinates: 42.8376, -103.0950
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 5,998 ft / 1,828 m
- Instrument procedures: 6 approaches
- Passengers: 2,630 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Website: http://www.chadron-nebraska.com/301/Municipal-Airport
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chadron_Municipal_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1836114
- Weather station: KCDR
- Ident: KCDR

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Chadron Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 5,998 ft / 1,828 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Concrete | 035° / 215° | yes |
| 12/30 | 4,400 ft / 1,341 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Concrete | 125° / 305° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 4,115 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 10,727 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 12,274 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 10,980 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 8,422 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 4,861 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 5,606 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 7,122 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 4,719 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 2,511 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 2,630 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · United States · 221 mi / 356 km · Denver Air Connection

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- [Denver Air Connection](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/denver-air-connection) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 3K (2025) | #3,089 of 3,974 | #822 in North America | #595 in US |
| Longest runway | 5,998 ft / 1,828 m | =4,715 of 29,858 | =1,394 in North America | =1,094 in US |
| Elevation | 3,298 ft / 1,005 m | #4,768 of 43,403 | #2,458 in North America | #1,912 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ASOS | ASOS | 118.050 |
| CNTR | DENVER CNTR | 127.950 |
| FSS | COLUMBUS RDO | 122.500 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [AIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kaia.md) Alliance Municipal Airport · 56 mi / 91 km
- [BFF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbff.md) Western Neb. Rgnl/William B. Heilig Airport · 71 mi / 115 km
- [RAP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krap.md) Rapid City Regional Airport · 83 mi / 134 km
- [RCA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krca.md) Ellsworth Air Force Base · 90 mi / 145 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: “Chadron Municipal Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chadron_Municipal_Airport&oldid=1364273012), revision of 15 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/kcdr/data