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) and about 83 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 37,900 takeoffs and landings a year. About 16,602 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Brainerd Lakes Regional?
Its FAA code is BRD, and its ICAO code is KBRD.
Where is Brainerd Lakes Regional?
It is 3 miles northeast of Brainerd, Minnesota, 1,232 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Brainerd Lakes Regional?
The longest of its 3 runways, 16/34, is 7,100 feet long.
Does Brainerd Lakes Regional have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Brainerd Lakes Regional?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Brainerd Lakes Regional?
Airline flights go to 3 airports, the busiest of them Minneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain, Laughlin/Bullhead International, Brainerd Lakes Regional. Every route
Are there flight schools at Brainerd Lakes Regional?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Crow Wing Flying Club CORP. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Brainerd Lakes Regional?
1 pilot examiner and 5 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Brainerd Lakes Regional…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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
For understanding the field, 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure), bulk oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales, aerial surveying
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Aitkin Muni/Steve Kurtz Field (21 nm northeast), Mora Municipal (47 nm southeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Minnesota · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
- Looking…
From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 641 departures from BRD in those twelve months, carrying 17,931 passengers in 34,294 seats (52% filled), to 3 destinations on 2 airlines.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brainerd Lakes Regional → Minneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain BRD–MSP | 631 | 16,850 | SkyWest Airlines Inc., Sun Country Airlines... |
| Brainerd Lakes Regional → Laughlin/Bullhead International BRD–IFP | 6 | 1,081 | Sun Country Airlines... |
| Brainerd Lakes Regional → Brainerd Lakes Regional BRD–BRD | 4 | 0 | SkyWest Airlines Inc. |
All 3 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 64 |
| multi-engine | 2 |
| jets | 4 |
| helicopters | 13 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 37,900, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 3,100 |
| air taxi and commuter | 1,400 |
| general aviation, travelling | 14,500 |
| general aviation, local | 18,500 |
| military | 400 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Brainerd from the FAA register
58 aircraft are registered to owners in Brainerd, Minnesota: 44 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Minnesota.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Crow Wing Flying Club CORP 1 aircraft · Nisswa, 10 miles away
Repair stations in Brainerd:
- Abtec Helicopters, LLC
- Dv Aviation INC NorthPoint Aviation is a full-service fixed base operation (FBO) at Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport in Minnesota.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
1 pilot examiner (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) is based within 50 nautical miles: 1 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 1 for flight instructor; 1 for helicopters. Also nearby: 5 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance).
- Adam Lee Chunn private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; helicopters · Nevis, MN (45 nm) · (704) 796-7954 · [email protected]
All 7 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Brainerd 58 aircraft · 44 piston singles, 4 helicopters, 3 piston twins
- Dv Aviation INC 5 aircraft in town
- S.R. Baron INC 2 aircraft in town
- S R Baron INC 2 aircraft in town
- Central Lakes College 2 aircraft in town
- Crow Wing Flying Club CORP 1 aircraft · flying club
- Abtec Helicopters, LLC · repair station
- Dv Aviation INC · repair station
- Minneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain (MSP) 631 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc., Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
- Laughlin/Bullhead International (IFP) 6 flights in twelve months · Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
- Brainerd Lakes Regional (BRD) 4 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 15 since 1982 · 3 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Minnesota 1,542 since 1982 · 207 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Minnesota 146 landing places
- Minnesota 6,936 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/BRD.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.