Chadron Municipal
CDR · KCDR · Chadron, Nebraska · Dawes County · map
Chadron Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Chadron, 4 miles west of Chadron, Nebraska, 3,298 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 03/21, is 5,998 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 12 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 7,665 takeoffs and landings a year. About 1,851 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KCDR · observed 3:53 pm MDT (21:53 UTC), 59 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southeast (160°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 88°F (31°C), dew point 38°F (3°C)
- Altimeter 29.96 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 11:24 am MDT (17:24 UTC), good until Wed 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 3 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 2:00 pm MDT (20:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 4:00 pm MDT (22:00 UTC): wind from the north at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 6:00 pm MDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 9 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 9:00 pm MDT (03:00 UTC): wind from the east at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 11:00 pm MDT (05:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KCDR 062153Z AUTO 16004KT 10SM CLR 31/03 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP128 T03110033
TAF KCDR 061724Z 0618/0718 20003KT P6SM SKC FM062000 32007KT P6SM SKC FM062200 36007KT P6SM SKC FM070000 04009KT P6SM SKC FM070300 08005KT P6SM SKC FM070500 VRB04KT 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 CDR · ICAO KCDR
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Chadron
- Elevation
- 3,298 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 4:00 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
- Cheyenne sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 5,998 × 100 ft | Concrete, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 12/30 | 4,400 × 75 ft | Concrete, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: ILS, VASI, four boxes on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 289 ft, 5,211 ft available for landing
- Runway 21: VASI, four boxes on the left, threshold displaced 498 ft, 5,500 ft available for landing, trees 14 ft high 365 ft from the end
- Runway 12: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 30: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Cdr and automated weather (ASOS) | 118.05 | |
| Crawford and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.95 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 308-880-5992.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 7,665, 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 Chadron from the FAA register
11 aircraft are registered to owners in Chadron, Nebraska: 10 piston singles, 1 balloon. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Nebraska.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 6 since 1982, 2 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
- Activate high-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 and medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30; runway end identifier lights runway 21 and runway 30; PAPI runways 12/30; VASI runways 03/21; approach lights (MALSR) runway 03 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 21 trees 135R.
- .approach ratio 45:1 from displaced threshold.
- Runway approach ratio 64:1 from displaced threshold.
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.