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KEAR · EAR

Kearney Regional Airport

40.72700°N
-99.00680°W
ARR / DAY
2
100.0%
DEP / DAY
1
66.7%
ON-TIME
schedules pending
AVG DELAY
7d window

Kearney Regional Airport (KEAR/EAR) is a small regional airport located in Kearney, NE, 123 mi west of Lincoln. It features 2 runways with the longest being 7,094 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 1 carrier across 1 route. The most active carrier is SKY West Aviation (SKW). The busiest route is to Denver International Airport (KDEN).

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

30m ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
8 kts
40°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KEAR 160056Z AUTO 04008KT 10SM SCT049 OVC060 27/23 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP174 T02670228

Runway intelligence

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

18
61% of ops
39 land · 17 TO
36
23% of ops
15 land · 7 TO
31
12% of ops
8 land · 0 TO
13
3% of ops
2 land · 4 TO
Runway 18 carries 61% of operations (39 landings, 17 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 23%.

Approach quality

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

18 39 landings
UA 0%
36 15 landings
UA 0%
31 8 landings
UA 0%
13 2 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 18 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 39 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
2.6
flights/day · 78 total
Busy hour (local)
12pm
also 2pm · 3am
Day vs night
59%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3am–12pm local, averaging 2.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 4.2× weekday (6.0 vs 1.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (23% of 74 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.000
UNICOM 123.000
AWOS 123.875
EAR VOR 111.200
OTHER 111.200
HASTINGS 119.400
OTHER 119.400
KEARNEY 122.600
OTHER 122.600
HASTINGS 278.800
OTHER 278.800
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
5° E
Fuel:
100LL
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