# Dubuque Regional Airport (DBQ / KDBQ)

**Dubuque Regional Airport** (IATA: DBQ, ICAO: KDBQ) is a medium airport in Dubuque, Iowa, United States. It opened in 1943. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,502 ft (1,982 m). In 2025 it handled 17 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: DBQ / KDBQ
- FAA: DBQ
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Dubuque, Iowa, United States
- Opened: 1943
- Elevation: 1,076 ft / 328 m
- Coordinates: 42.4020, -90.7095
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 6,502 ft / 1,982 m
- Instrument procedures: 9 approaches
- Passengers: 16,718 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.flydbq.com
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubuque_Regional_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1263279
- Weather station: KDBQ · WMO 72547
- Ident: KDBQ

## Timeline

- 1943: Dubuque Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 6,502 ft / 1,982 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Concrete | 135° / 315° | yes |
| 18/36 | 6,327 ft / 1,929 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Concrete | 180° / 360° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00923AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 75,195 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 74,891 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 79,987 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 76,621 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 75,379 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 23,187 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 37,719 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 32,988 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 16,718 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. US DOT BTS T-100, 2025: passengers flown from DBQ, all carriers, routes with 12 or more departures.

### Year-round (1)

- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 147 mi / 236 km · 7,052 passengers · Aerogaviota

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- KG [Aerogaviota](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aerogaviota) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 17K (2025) | #2,510 of 3,974 | #594 in North America | #411 in US |
| Longest runway | 6,502 ft / 1,982 m | =4,064 of 29,858 | =1,000 in North America | =759 in US |
| Elevation | 1,076 ft / 328 m | =16,544 of 43,403 | =7,280 in North America | =5,769 in US |
| Age | Opened 1943 | =2,016 of 15,079 | =1,078 in North America | =1,034 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATIS | ATIS | 127.250 |
| CNTR | CHICAGO CNTR | 127.000 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 119.500 |
| GND | GND | 121.800 |
| RDO | FORT DODGE RDO | 122.050 |
| TWR | TWR | 119.500 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [CID](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcid.md) The Eastern Iowa Airport · 63 mi / 101 km
- [MLI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmli.md) Quad City International Airport · 67 mi / 107 km
- [RFD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krfd.md) Chicago Rockford International Airport · 84 mi / 135 km
- [MSN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmsn.md) Dane County Regional Truax Field · 86 mi / 139 km
- [ALO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kalo.md) Waterloo Regional Airport · 87 mi / 140 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)
- [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/kdbq/data