Anderson Regional
AID · KAID · Anderson, Indiana · Madison County · map
Anderson Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Anderson, 3 miles east of Anderson, Indiana, 919 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 12/30, is 5,400 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive, car gas (mogas)) and about 106 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 19,359 takeoffs and landings a year. About 6 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KAID · observed 7:35 pm EDT (23:35 UTC), -4 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 7 miles
- Temperature 59°F (15°C), dew point 45°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 30.02 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KAID 062335Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 15/07 A3002 RMK AO2 T01500073
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AID · ICAO KAID
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Anderson
- Elevation
- 919 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 8:30 am to 4:30 pm mon-sat
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm; Sunday, closed
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive, car gas (mogas)
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1959
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 5,400 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 3,399 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 117 ft high 1,831 ft from the end
- Runway 30: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF), threshold displaced 80 ft, trees 50 ft high 1,700 ft from the end
- Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 291 ft, 3,108 ft available for landing, tree 63 ft high 1,314 ft from the end
- Runway 36: threshold displaced 288 ft, 3,111 ft available for landing, trees 98 ft high 1,900 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 126.0 | Anderson |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Ground | 121.6 | Anderson |
| Approach and departure | 120.65 | Anderson |
| Aid and aWOS-3 | 128.55 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 765-442-1245.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 19,359, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Anderson from the FAA register
47 aircraft are registered to owners in Anderson, Indiana: 39 piston singles, 3 gliders, 2 piston twins, 2 electric and sustainable aircraft, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Indiana.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 21 since 1982, 4 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Departure runway 12, 18 and 36 UN to see each other.
- When tower closed activate malsf runway 30; PAPI runway 12 and 18; medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 and 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- Unatndd martin luther king, pres, election, easter, memorial, independence, labor, veterans, thanksgiving, christmas, new years days and good friday; aft hour - amgr.
- Not available to air carrier more than 30 passenger seats.
- 11 feet road 170 feet from runway end.
- Approach ratio 24:1 to displaced threshold.
- Approach ratio 35:1 to displaced threshold.
- Approach ratio 22:1 to displaced threshold.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Taxiway B closed indefinitely.
- Gnd com outlet 121.725 commissioned key frequency 4 times.
- Terminal not staffed on sundays - amgr.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.