SBN

South Bend International Airport

ICAO KSBN41.7083°N 86.3169°W798 ft / 243 mMedium airport
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South Bend International Airport (IATA: SBN, ICAO: KSBN) is a medium airport in South Bend, Indiana, United States. It opened in 1933. It has 3 runways; the longest is 8,412 ft (2,564 m). In 2025 it handled 1.1 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1933–1933
1933
OpenedSouth Bend International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
09R/27L089° / 269° · LIT
LENGTH8,412 ft2,564 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
18/36179° / 359° · LIT
LENGTH7,101 ft2,164 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
09L/27R089° / 269° · LIT
LENGTH4,300 ft1,311 mWIDTH75 ft23 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
602K
629K
662K
615K
734K
834K
423K
689K
729K
824K
908K
1.1M
141516171819202122232425

Routes

16 destinations · 1 country
1,000 km2,000 km500 mi1,000 mi1,500 miORD · Chicago O'Hare International Airport · 84 mi / 135 kmTYS · McGhee Tyson Airport · 426 mi / 686 kmIAD · Washington Dulles International Airport · 504 mi / 811 kmCLT · Charlotte Douglas International Airport · 534 mi / 860 kmDFW · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · 846 mi / 1,361 kmSFB · Orlando Sanford International Airport · 938 mi / 1,510 kmMCO · Orlando International Airport · 960 mi / 1,545 kmPIE · St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport · 975 mi / 1,569 kmPGD · Punta Gorda Airport · 1,051 mi / 1,691 kmRSW · Southwest Florida International Airport · 1,080 mi / 1,738 kmFLL · Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport · 1,136 mi / 1,828 kmAZA · Mesa Gateway Airport · 1,498 mi / 2,411 kmLAS · Harry Reid International Airport · 1,591 mi / 2,560 kmSRQ · Sarasota Bradenton International Airport · 1,012 mi / 1,628 kmIND · Indianapolis International Airport · 137 mi / 221 kmMEM · Frederick W. Smith International Airport · 501 mi / 807 kmLASAZAFLLSRQSFBDFWCLTIADMEMTYSINDORDRSWPGDPIEMCOSBN
Year-round13
ORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Express, American Eagle135 km84 miTYSMcGhee Tyson AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air686 km426 miIADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · United Express, Breeze Airways811 km504 miCLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · American Eagle860 km534 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,361 km846 miSFBOrlando Sanford International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,510 km938 miMCOOrlando International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,545 km960 miPIESt. Petersburg Clearwater International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,569 km975 miPGDPunta Gorda AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,691 km1,051 miRSWSouthwest Florida International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,738 km1,080 miFLLFort Lauderdale Hollywood International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,828 km1,136 miAZAMesa Gateway AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air2,411 km1,498 miLASHarry Reid International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air2,560 km1,591 mi
Most destinationsAllegiant Air 8American Eagle 3Breeze Airways 3United Express 2FedEx Express 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from SBN. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “South Bend International Airport” (revision of 14 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers1.1M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#789of 3,974 · #192 North America · #136 USLongest runway8,412 ft2,564 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#2,183of 29,823 · #481 North America · #358 USElevation798 ft243 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=21,478of 43,341 · =10,101 North America · =8,309 USAgeOpened 19332026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=521of 15,079 · =119 North America · =104 USRunways31 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=151of 29,943 · =83 North America · =81 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

11 channels
A/DSOUTH BEND APP/DEP : 270-99° INITIAL CONTACT118.550
ATISATIS120.675
CLDCLNC DEL121.900
CTAFCTAF135.675
GNDGND121.700
RDOTERRE HAUTE RDO122.600
TWRTWR135.675
UNICUNICOM122.950
A/DSOUTH BEND APP/DEP : 100-269°132.050
A/DSOUTH BEND APP/DEP : 100-269° SECONDARY124.100
CTRCHICAGO CTR118.550