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Brookings Regional Airport

44.30480°N
-96.81690°W
ARR / DAY
14
▲ 134.9%
DEP / DAY
19
▲ 123.3%
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. SkyMeter has observed roughly 14 arrivals and 19 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 2 carriers across 11 routes. The most active carrier is NGH (NGH). The busiest route is to Mason City Municipal Airport (KMCW).

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

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

Current weather

From KATY, 45 mi away (KBKX does not publish METAR)

24m ago
Temp
69°F
Wind
17 kts
170°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KATY 290753Z AUTO 17017G26KT 10SM VCTS CLR 21/18 A2985 RMK AO2 PK WND 16026/0753 LTG DSNT SE-SW RAE00 SLP098 P0000 T02060178

Runways

2 installed

6,000 FT MAX
12/30
6,000 ft × 100
ASP● LITHIGH
17/35
3,600 ft × 60
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

35
42% of ops
99 land · 6 TO
30
39% of ops
92 land · 30 TO
12
15% of ops
35 land · 29 TO
17
5% of ops
11 land · 54 TO
Runway 35 carries 42% of operations (99 landings, 6 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 99 landings
UA 0%
30 92 landings
UA 0%
12 35 landings
UA 6%
17 11 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 35 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 99 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
15.5
flights/day · 464 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 3pm · 8pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–8pm local, averaging 15.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (8.8 vs 18.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

262 · 59%
66 · 15%
20 · 4%
16 · 4%
16 · 4%
14 · 3%
Activity is led by (59% of 446 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

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
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