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📍 Kearney⬆ 2,131 ft2 runways
KEAR · EAR

Kearney Regional Airport

40.72700°N
-99.00680°W
ARR / DAY
1
44.4%
DEP / DAY
1
0.0%
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 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 11 carriers across 9 routes. The most active carrier is Silverhawk Aviation (SLH). The busiest route is to Lincoln Airport (KLNK).

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
95°F
Wind
5 kts
150°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KEAR 022056Z AUTO 15005KT 10SM CLR 35/19 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP085 T03500194 58017

Runway intelligence

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

18
56% of ops
23 land · 6 TO
36
29% of ops
12 land · 14 TO
31
10% of ops
4 land · 0 TO
13
5% of ops
2 land · 0 TO
Runway 18 carries 56% of operations (23 landings, 6 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 29%.

Approach quality

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

18 23 landings
UA 0%
36 12 landings
UA 0%
31 4 landings
UA 0%
13 2 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 18 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 23 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
2.3
flights/day · 69 total
Busy hour (local)
12pm
also 2pm · 12am
Day vs night
52%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–12pm local, averaging 2.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (2.4 vs 2.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (31% of 61 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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