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Brookings Regional Airport

44.30480°N
-96.81690°W
ARR / DAY
10
▼ 50.7%
DEP / DAY
16
▼ 53.1%
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 10 arrivals and 16 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 3 carriers across 5 routes. The most active carrier is NGH (NGH). The busiest route is to Joe Foss Field Airport (KFSD).

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

42m ago
Temp
45°F
Wind
5 kts
10°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
SPECI KBKX 140303Z AUTO 01005KT 10SM BKN020 07/05 A3009 RMK AO2

Runways

2 installed

5,231 FT MAX
12/30
5,231 ft × 100
ASP● LITHIGH
17/35
3,599 ft × 60
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

35
46% of ops
153 land · 24 TO
30
39% of ops
128 land · 68 TO
12
12% of ops
38 land · 52 TO
17
3% of ops
11 land · 67 TO
Runway 35 carries 46% of operations (153 landings, 24 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 30 at 39%.

Approach quality

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

35 153 landings
UA 0%
30 128 landings
UA 0%
12 38 landings
UA 0%
17 11 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 35 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 153 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
23.5
flights/day · 706 total
Busy hour (local)
10pm
also 3pm · 8pm
Day vs night
53%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 8pm–10pm local, averaging 23.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.3× weekday (8.1 vs 30.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

496 · 72%
77 · 11%
23 · 3%
17 · 2%
15 · 2%
10 · 1%
Activity is led by (72% of 690 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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