Southeast Iowa Regional
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Southeast Iowa Regional is a public-use airport owned by SE Iowa Reg Arpt Authority, 2 miles southwest of Burlington, Iowa, 699 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 6,102 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KBRL · observed 3:53 pm CDT (20:53 UTC), 26 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southwest (230°) at 13 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 77°F (25°C), dew point 50°F (10°C)
- Altimeter 29.93 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:30 pm CDT (17:30 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 13 knots, gusting to 20, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KBRL 062053Z AUTO 23013KT 10SM CLR 25/10 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP133 T02500100 56026
TAF KBRL 061730Z 0618/0718 21013G20KT P6SM SKC FM070000 20006KT P6SM SKC
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 BRL · ICAO KBRL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- SE Iowa Reg Arpt Authority
- Elevation
- 699 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 7:00 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
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 6,102 × 100 ft | Concrete, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 12/30 | 5,351 × 100 ft | Concrete, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, trees 104 ft high 2,588 ft from the end
- Runway 36: ILS, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), tree 40 ft high 2,000 ft from the end
- Runway 12: VASI, four boxes on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 30: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 500 ft, 4,850 ft available for landing, road 16 ft high 600 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Brl and automated weather (ASOS) | 118.025 | |
| Burlington and rco | 122.2 | Burlington |
| Burlington and center (remote transmitter) Low | 135.6 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 319-752-6246.
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 Burlington from the FAA register
31 aircraft are registered to owners in Burlington, Iowa: 22 piston singles, 7 drones, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin. 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 Iowa.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 6 since 1982, 1 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
- Line of sight NA between runway 12 and 36.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 36; runway end identifier lights runway 12, 18 and 30; VASI runway 12; PAPI runway 18 and 30; medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30; high-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- Between 500 feet west of runway 18/36 and runway 18/36 grade 1.0 pct up southeast.
- Runway 36 calm wind runway.
- Approach ratio 25:1.
- Self service fuel available north end of apron.
- Surface condition unmnt 7:00 pm to 6:00 am.
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.