# Knox County Regional Airport (RKD / KRKD)

**Knox County Regional Airport** (IATA: RKD, ICAO: KRKD) is a medium airport in Rockland, Maine, United States. It opened in 1943. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,412 ft (1,650 m). In 2025 it handled 13 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: RKD / KRKD
- FAA: RKD
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Rockland, Maine, United States
- Opened: 1943
- Elevation: 55 ft / 17 m
- Coordinates: 44.0601, -69.0992
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 5,412 ft / 1,650 m
- Instrument procedures: 4 approaches
- Passengers: 12,664 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://knoxcountymaine.gov/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={CC504E7C-164D-470F-B75E-5569CACFD927}
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knox_County_Regional_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6423552
- Weather station: KRKD
- Ident: KRKD

## Timeline

- 1943: Knox County Regional Airport opens.
- 30 May 1979: Downeast Flight 46. 17 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 5,412 ft / 1,650 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 111° / 291° | yes |
| 03/21 | 4,000 ft / 1,219 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 013° / 193° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 13,318 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 14,208 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 14,059 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 13,942 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 13,611 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 4,196 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 11,589 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 14,025 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 13,760 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 14,607 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 12,664 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (1)

- [BOS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbos.md) Boston Logan International Airport · United States · 152 mi / 244 km · Cape Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- 9K [Cape Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cape-air) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 13K (2025) | #2,599 of 3,974 | #624 in North America | #433 in US |
| Longest runway | 5,412 ft / 1,650 m | =5,594 of 29,858 | =1,803 in North America | #1,448 in US |
| Elevation | 55 ft / 17 m | =38,951 of 43,403 | =17,661 in North America | =14,607 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | BRUNSWICK APP/DEP | 123.800 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 119.025 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.050 |

## Nearby airports

- [AUG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kaug.md) Augusta State Airport · 39 mi / 63 km
- [NHZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbxm.md) Brunswick Executive Airport · 43 mi / 70 km
- [BHB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbhb.md) Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport · 45 mi / 73 km
- [BGR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbgr.md) Bangor International Airport · 53 mi / 86 km
- [PWM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpwm.md) Portland International Jetport · 67 mi / 107 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: “Knox County Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Knox_County_Regional_Airport&oldid=1366692939), revision of 29 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/krkd/data