Airports / KBKX / Brookings Regional AirportIATA BKXGood ground coverage
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📍 Brookings⬆ 1,648 ft2 runways
KBKX · BKX

Brookings Regional Airport

44.30480°N
-96.81690°W
ARR / DAY
16
▼ 2.7%
DEP / DAY
25
▼ 8.4%
ON-TIME
—
schedules pending
AVG DELAY
—
7d window

Brookings Regional Airport (KBKX/BKX) is a small regional airport located in Brookings, SD, 53 mi north of Sioux Falls. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,231 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 16 arrivals and 25 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 3 carriers across 6 routes. The most active carrier is NGH (NGH). The busiest route is to Flying Cloud Airport (KFCM).

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

8m ago
Temp
54°F
Wind
11 kts
80°
Visib
8047 m
Ceil
—
SPECI KBKX 121427Z AUTO 08011KT 5SM BR OVC003 12/11 A2969 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

35
46% of ops
158 land · 24 TO
30
38% of ops
129 land · 71 TO
12
12% of ops
42 land · 54 TO
17
4% of ops
12 land · 68 TO
Runway 35 carries 46% of operations (158 landings, 24 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 30 at 38%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

35 158 landings
UA 0%
30 129 landings
UA 0%
12 42 landings
UA 2%
17 12 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 35 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 158 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
24.5
flights/day · 734 total
Busy hour (local)
10pm
also 3pm · 6pm
Day vs night
54%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–10pm local, averaging 24.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (13.0 vs 30.0 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (72% of 715 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.000 —
UNICOM 123.000 —
AWOS 119.925 —
OTHER 121.725 —
APT REMA 121.725 —
OTHER 122.600 —
BROOKING 122.600 —
OTHER 132.050 —
SIOUX FA 132.050 —
OTHER 317.400 —
SIOUX FA 317.400 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
3° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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