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Brookings Regional Airport

44.30480°N
-96.81690°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%
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 6,000 feet.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

57m ago
Temp
90°F
Wind
7 kts
350°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KBKX 271756Z AUTO 35007KT 10SM CLR 32/17 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP110 T03170167 10317 20222 53001

Runway intelligence

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

30
37% of ops
282 land · 52 TO
35
34% of ops
261 land · 43 TO
12
18% of ops
134 land · 150 TO
17
11% of ops
83 land · 230 TO
Runway 30 carries 37% of operations (282 landings, 52 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35 at 34%.

Approach quality

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

30 282 landings
UA 0%
35 261 landings
UA 0%
12 134 landings
UA 0%
17 83 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 30 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 282 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
16.8
flights/day · 504 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 2pm · 1pm
Day vs night
64%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 16.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (9.8 vs 20.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (64% of 479 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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