# Range Regional Airport (HIB / KHIB)

**Range Regional Airport** (IATA: HIB, ICAO: KHIB) is a medium airport in Hibbing, Minnesota, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,758 ft (2,060 m). In 2025 it handled 25 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: HIB / KHIB
- FAA: HIB
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Hibbing, Minnesota, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 1,354 ft / 413 m
- Coordinates: 47.3848, -92.8369
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 6,758 ft / 2,060 m
- Instrument procedures: 6 approaches
- Passengers: 24,560 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.rangeregionalairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Range_Regional_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4455651
- Weather station: KHIB
- Ident: KHIB

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Range Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 6,758 ft / 2,060 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 132° / 312° | yes |
| 04/22 | 3,075 ft / 937 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 049° / 229° |  |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/05159AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 48,378 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 45,401 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 33,496 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 33,422 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 36,106 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 16,785 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 25,104 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 26,824 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 25,002 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 22,169 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 24,560 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

1 destination 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 · 174 mi / 280 km · Delta Connection

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

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

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 25K (2025) | #2,367 of 3,974 | #554 in North America | #380 in US |
| Longest runway | 6,758 ft / 2,060 m | =3,704 of 29,858 | #915 in North America | #696 in US |
| Elevation | 1,354 ft / 413 m | =13,276 of 43,403 | =5,728 in North America | =4,401 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | DULUTH APP/DEP | 125.450 |
| ASOS | ASOS | 126.425 |
| CLD | DULUTH CLNC DEL | 127.400 |
| RDO | PRINCETON RDO | 122.600 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [DLH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdlh.md) Duluth International Airport · 48 mi / 77 km
- [LYU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kelo.md) Ely Municipal Airport · 56 mi / 90 km
- [INL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kinl.md) Falls International Airport · 86 mi / 138 km
- [BRD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbrd.md) Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport · 91 mi / 147 km
- [YAG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyag.md) Fort Frances Municipal Airport · 92 mi / 148 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: “Range Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Range_Regional_Airport&oldid=1372791649), revision of 2 Sep 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/khib/data