Kearney Regional
EAR · KEAR · Kearney, Nebraska · Buffalo County · map
Kearney Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Kearney, 4 miles northeast of Kearney, Nebraska, 2,132 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 7,094 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 33 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 21,770 takeoffs and landings a year. About 12,948 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Kearney Regional?
Its FAA code is EAR, and its ICAO code is KEAR.
Where is Kearney Regional?
It is 4 miles northeast of Kearney, Nebraska, 2,132 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Kearney Regional?
The longest of its 2 runways, 18/36, is 7,094 feet long.
Does Kearney Regional have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Kearney Regional?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Kearney Regional?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Denver International, Eppley Airfield, Chicago O'Hare International, North Platte Rgnl/Lee Bird Field, Kearney Regional. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Kearney Regional?
7 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 Kearney Regional…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA EAR · ICAO KEAR
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Kearney
- Elevation
- 2,132 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 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
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1943
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 7,094 × 100 ft | Concrete, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 4,498 × 75 ft | Concrete, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the left, building 103 ft high 5,250 ft from the end
- Runway 36: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 13: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 31: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Ear and vor | 111.2 | |
| Hastings and center (remote transmitter) Low | 119.4 | |
| Ear and aWOS-3PT | 123.875 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 308-237-5608.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- air freight, crop spraying, air ambulance, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Brewster Field (22 nm southwest), Hastings Municipal (27 nm east), Jim Kelly Field (35 nm west).
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 Nebraska · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Be alert when taxiing on apron due to several closed areas.
- High-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 preset on low intst; to incr intst and activate runway end identifier lights runway 18; approach lights (MALSR) runway 36; PAPI runways 13, 18, 31, and 36; and medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 - the common traffic frequency.
- Air carrier operations are not authorized in excess of 15 minutes before or after scheduled arrival/departure times without prior coordination with amgr and confirmation that rescue and firefighting (ARFF) is available prior to ldng or takeoff.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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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 917 departures from EAR in those twelve months, carrying 28,777 passengers in 36,200 seats (79% filled), to 14 destinations on 2 airlines.
All 14 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 | 25 |
| multi-engine | 3 |
| jets | 3 |
| helicopters | 2 |
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 21,770, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 2,190 |
| air taxi and commuter | 550 |
| general aviation, travelling | 9,000 |
| general aviation, local | 10,000 |
| military | 30 |
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 Kearney from the FAA register
43 aircraft are registered to owners in Kearney, Nebraska: 28 piston singles, 5 turboprops, 5 drones, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 2 business jets. 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 Nebraska.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 7 aviation medical examiners, 1 training center examiner.
All 8 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
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 · 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. 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 Kearney 43 aircraft · 28 piston singles, 5 turboprops, 5 drones
- Woods Aviation LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Kearney Police Department 2 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 6 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Nebraska 763 since 1982 · 108 in the last ten years
- Denver International (DEN) 623 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Eppley Airfield (OMA) 187 flights in twelve months · Federal Express Corporation
- Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) 90 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- North Platte Rgnl/Lee Bird Field (LBF) 4 flights in twelve months · Federal Express Corporation, SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Kearney Regional (EAR) 3 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- MC Cook Ben Nelson Regional (MCK) 2 flights in twelve months · Federal Express Corporation
- Scottsbluff/Western Nebraska Rgnl/Wm B Heilig Field (BFF) 1 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- City Of Colorado Springs Municipal (COS) 1 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Nebraska 78 landing places
- Nebraska 2,948 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/EAR.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 29, 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.