Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport


Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport is a public use airport located three nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Brainerd, a city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. The airport is owned by the city and county. It is mostly used for general aviation but is also served by one commercial airline.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 16,404 passenger boardings in 2010, and 22,233 in 2018. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport.

Facilities and aircraft

Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport covers an area of 2,597 acres at an elevation of 1,232 feet above mean sea level. It has two active runways with concrete surfaces: 16/34 is 7,100 by 150 feet and 5/23 is 6,512 by 150 feet. The airport also has one helipad designated H1 which measures 60 by 60 feet.
For the 12-month period ending October 31, 2016, the airport had 37,900 aircraft operations, an average of 104 per day: 87% general aviation, 8% scheduled commercial, 4% air taxi and 1% military. In January 2017, there were 89 aircraft based at this airport: 69 single-engine, 6 multi-engine, 6 jet and 8 helicopter.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Cargo

RankCityPassengersCarriers
1Minneapolis/St. Paul21,210Delta

History

In 2020 the airport received a $17,955,696 CARES Act award.