# Central Nebraska Regional Airport (GRI / KGRI)

**Central Nebraska Regional Airport** (IATA: GRI, ICAO: KGRI) is a medium airport in Grand Island, Nebraska, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 7,002 ft (2,134 m). In 2025 it handled 152 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GRI / KGRI
- FAA: GRI
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Grand Island, Nebraska, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 1,847 ft / 563 m
- Coordinates: 40.9675, -98.3096
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 7,002 ft / 2,134 m
- Instrument procedures: 10 approaches
- Passengers: 151,928 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.flygrandisland.com
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Nebraska_Regional_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1961156
- Weather station: KGRI · WMO 72552
- Ident: KGRI

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Central Nebraska Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 7,002 ft / 2,134 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Concrete | 180° / 360° | yes |
| 13/31 | 6,608 ft / 2,014 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Concrete | 135° / 315° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00173AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 128,677 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 137,853 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 133,230 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 126,421 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 140,332 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 73,417 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 112,230 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 132,438 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 132,578 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 135,236 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 151,928 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [DFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdfw.md) Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · United States · 562 mi / 904 km · American Eagle
- [AZA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiwa.md) Mesa Gateway Airport · United States · 904 mi / 1,455 km · Allegiant Air
- [LAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klas.md) Harry Reid International Airport · United States · 969 mi / 1,559 km · Allegiant Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- G4 [Allegiant Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/allegiant-air) · 2
- [American Eagle](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-eagle) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 152K (2025) | #1,655 of 3,974 | #371 in North America | #245 in US |
| Longest runway | 7,002 ft / 2,134 m | =3,467 of 29,858 | =814 in North America | =615 in US |
| Elevation | 1,847 ft / 563 m | =9,682 of 43,403 | =4,344 in North America | =3,282 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATIS | ATIS | 127.400 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 121.900 |
| CNTR | MINNEAPOLIS CNTR | 119.400 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 118.200 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| OPS | ARNG OPS | 38.000 |
| RDO | COLUMBUS RDO | 122.450 |
| TWR | GRAND ISLAND TWR | 118.200 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [EAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kear.md) Kearney Regional Airport · 40 mi / 64 km
- [OLU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kolu.md) Columbus Municipal Airport · 60 mi / 97 km
- [LNK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klnk.md) Lincoln Airport · 81 mi / 131 km
- [OFK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kofk.md) Karl Stefan Memorial Airport · 84 mi / 135 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: “Central Nebraska Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Central_Nebraska_Regional_Airport&oldid=1364272971), 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/kgri/data