Brainerd Lakes Regional
BRD · KBRD · Brainerd, Minnesota · Crow Wing County · map
Brainerd Lakes Regional is a public-use airport, 3 miles northeast of Brainerd, Minnesota, 1,232 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 16/34, is 7,100 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KBRD · observed 1:53 pm CDT (18:53 UTC), 63 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (280°) at 11 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 75°F (24°C), dew point 50°F (10°C)
- Altimeter 29.74 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:57 pm CDT (17:57 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 8 knots, gusting to 16, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 4:00 pm CDT (21:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 9 knots, gusting to 17, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 6:00 pm CDT (23:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 9:00 am CDT (14:00 UTC): wind from the west at 7 knots, gusting to 14, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 8,000 feet, a few clouds at 22,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 12:00 pm CDT (17:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 12 knots, gusting to 21, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 7,000 feet, scattered clouds at 17,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KBRD 061853Z AUTO 28011KT 10SM CLR 24/10 A2974 RMK AO2 SLP069 T02390100
TAF KBRD 061757Z 0618/0718 29008G16KT P6SM FEW250 FM062100 30009G17KT P6SM FEW250 FM062300 30006KT P6SM SCT250 FM071400 28007G14KT P6SM FEW080 FEW220 FM071700 29012G21KT P6SM FEW070 SCT170
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 BRD · ICAO KBRD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 1,232 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- July to October, every day, 5:00 am to 8:00 pm; November to June, every day, 5:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1948
Runways 3
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 7,100 × 150 ft | Concrete, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 05/23 | 6,512 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| H1 | 60 × 60 ft | Concrete, good | Perimeter lights |
- Runway 16: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 34: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 05: VASI, four boxes on the left
- Runway 23: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 68 ft high 2,803 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Brainerd and center (remote transmitter) Low | 118.05 | |
| Brd and automated weather (ASOS) | 126.775 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 218-828-3314.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Brainerd from the FAA register
57 aircraft are registered to owners in Brainerd, Minnesota: 43 piston singles, 4 helicopters, 3 piston twins, 2 turboprops, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes. 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 Minnesota.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 15 since 1982, 3 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
- Deer and gulls on and in the vicinity of airport.
- High-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 and high-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 preset on low intst; to incr intst and activate runway end identifier lights runway 05 and 16 and approach lights (MALSR) runway 23 and 34 - the common traffic frequency.
- Calm wind runway.
- PAPI unusable beyond 9 degrees right of crs.
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.